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The ideas underlying net neutrality have a long pedigree in telecommunications practice and regulation. Services such as telegrams and the phone network (officially, the public switched telephone network or PSTN) have been considered common carriers under U.S. law since the Mann–Elkins Act of 1910, which means that they have been akin to public utilities and expressly forbidden to give ...
Under Trump, the FCC had argued the net neutrality rules were unnecessary, blocked innovation and resulted in a decline in network investment by internet service providers, a contention disputed ...
A group representing companies including Amazon.com, Apple, Alphabet and Meta Platforms had backed the FCC net-neutrality rules, while USTelecom, an industry group whose members include AT&T and ...
Brendan Carr, tapped as the new FCC chair by Trump, has been a key critic of net neutrality. “While the work to unwind the Biden Admin’s regulatory overreach will continue, this is a good win ...
The FCC's net neutrality R&O put forward the following rules to govern non-discrimination online: [7] §8.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Part is to preserve the Internet as an open platform enabling consumer choice, freedom of expression, end-user control, competition, and the freedom to innovate without permission. §8.3 Transparency.
The net neutrality dispute hinged on the degree to which the FCC could regulate broadband internet service providers under the authority the commission received from Congress in the landmark ...
Net neutrality in the United States has been of concern since the Internet became open to public use through Internet service providers (ISPs). Net neutrality broadly encompasses the idea that all data traffic on the Internet should be treated equal, counter to past and planned actions of ISPs to offered tiered service plans that block or throttle access to selected sites at lower payment ...
In addition, the FCC’s 2024 net neutrality rules would improve security of broadband networks, according to the Democratic majority. Without reclassification of broadband as a Title II service ...