The Federal Communications Commission had repealed the net neutrality rules in 2017 and there has been a consistent effort to get them reinstated. A bill which would restore those rules has now been passed by the House of Representatives. The bill sailed through by 232-190 as only a single Republican voted in its favor. However, it’s far from becoming law at this point in time.
Ever since the FCC rolled back the net neutrality rules, there has been a bit of a fight in an attempt to bring it back. We saw tech companies voice out their concerns about the lack of net neutrality, and we even saw individual states attempt to introduce state-side net neutrality rules of their own.
The fight to restore net neutrality rules nationwide is still ongoing, but in the meantime we have seen individual states attempt to introduce their own rules that should still somewhat protect the internet in the event the fight is lost. Now it looks like California is the latest to introduce its own rules as the state Senate has voted to approve a bill that would restore net neutrality rules.
With the FCC repealing the net neutrality rules, many were concerned about what kind of market this would result in, where ISPs and carriers would try and upsell customers for access to certain things on the internet that were previously available, for example imagine having to pay for access to stream 4K YouTube videos because it’s not part of your internet plan.
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As you might be aware, net neutrality rules came to an end last month but there have been plans to try and bring it back. Now according to reports, Senate Democrats have filed a petition that will force a vote on the FCC’s removal of the net neutrality rules. According to Senator Edward Markey (D-MA), “I believe today kicks off the most important week for the internet that the Senate […]
Whether or not we will see success in having net neutrality rules reinstated remains to be seen, but until then it looks like the state of Washington has recently passed a law which introduces its own net neutrality rules. What this means is that any company that sells broadband internet will have to publicly disclose their practices.
With the FCC having repealed the net neutrality rules, and with it expecting to go in effect next month, there are many companies who are fighting to bring it back. In fact six major tech companies have announced that they will be joining the fight against the FCC in order prevent the repeal from going into effect.
As you might have heard, the FCC’s repeal of the net neutrality rules in the US will be coming into effect starting 23rd April. For those who feel that all hope is lost, that is not necessarily true because Sen. Ed Markey has announced that he has introduced his Congressional Review Act “resolution of disapproval” that could potentially undo the FCC’s vote.
As many have heard by now, the FCC has repealed net neutrality rules which has been announced (via 9to5Mac) will be coming into effect starting on the 23rd of April, 2018. What this means is that from that date onwards, internet service providers and carriers will be able to legally implement ways that could potentially result in you paying more for services.
For several years, those living in the US were enjoying a period of net neutrality, where the law stated that all internet service providers (ISPs) had to keep bandwidth the same regardless of who is using it. This means that business could not pay an ISP more money for their content to load faster.
The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rules but not all states are accepting the change in policy. After Montana’s governor signed an executive order yesterday to become the first state with its net neutrality rules, his counterpart in New York has taken a similar step. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed in an announcement that he has signed an executive order which will […]
There is debate surrounding net neutrality at the moment, where the FCC has basically repealed the net neutrality rules that were implemented previously. What this means is that now internet providers/carriers are allowed to change how their bandwidth is used, where companies who pay more might get more bandwidth than those who don’t.
The net neutrality regulations that the Federal Communications Commission adopted during the Obama era appear to be headed to the chopping block. According to the new report, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will soon reveal his plans to fellow commissioners about a total repeal of the existing net neutrality regulations. The FCC will then vote on the proposal next month almost seven months after the groundwork was laid for repealing these […]