Adriana Lee says, “Net neutrality—the principle that no Internet provider can pick and choose which traffic to carry—took a beating just over a year ago when Verizon successfully sued to overturn the FCC’s “Open Internet” rules. Now the FCC is ready to strike back with a vengeance.

In a Wired op-ed, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler outlined his plan to enforce net neutrality by relying on some of the agency’s oldest and most robust authority—Title II of the Telecommunications Act— to categorize Internet service providers as “common carriers” akin to your local phone company. This move would give the agency broad latitude to bar Internet “fast lanes” and other carrier practices that could favor business partners and disadvantage rivals or startups”.

The FCC Is Finally Set To Save Net Neutrality By Regulating The Internet Like A Utility

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