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Net neutrality is a set of rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which say Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and Verizon, cannot block, throttle, or prioritize certain content on the Internet.
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Repeals Net Neutrality Rules The New York Times Bill Tracker: Bringing net neutrality back to Pennsylvania Carlisle Sentinel DC Circuit Hands FCC Partial Victory in Net Neutrality Fight Courthouse News Service Internet pioneer Vint Cerf says China's plans to rewrite the web are a 'dog's breakfast' Telegraph.co.uk Appeals court upholds net neutrality repeal but rules FCC can't block state laws | TheHill The Hill Reflecting On One Year Without Net Neutrality Forbes A Year After the Repeal of Net Neutrality, Debate Rages On GovTech House votes to restore net neutrality rules CNN Only Congress Can End the Net Neutrality War Multichannel News After JioMeet, Airtel to launch its own Zoom competitor: Reports MediaNama.com Time to take a stand: Majority of indian consumers want brands to voice opinion on socio-political issues The Times of India Blog Net Neutrality: Not New, But More Important Than Ever | Public Knowledge Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment Defend Net Neutrality State PIRGs Chinese 5G Plans Start At $10, Showing The 'Race to 5G' Isn't Much Of One Techdirt Net neutrality stifles investment and innovation The Maine Wire Net Neutrality Repeal: What Could Happen and How It Could Affect You The New York TimesThe term was coined by Columbia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003, as an extension of the longstanding concept of a common carrier, which was used to describe the role of telephone systems.
A widely cited example of a violation of net neutrality principles was the Internet service provider Comcast's secret slowing ("throttling") of uploads from peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) applications by using forged packets. Comcast did not stop blocking these protocols, like BitTorrent, until the FCC ordered them to stop. In another minor example, The Madison River Communications company was fined US$15,000 by the FCC, in 2004, for restricting their customers' access to Vonage, which was rivaling their own services. AT&T was also caught limiting access to FaceTime, so only those users who paid for AT&T's new shared data plans could access the application. In July 2017, Verizon Wireless was accused of throttling after users noticed that videos played on Netflix and Youtube were slower than usual, though Verizon commented that it was conducting "network testing" and that net neutrality rules permit "reasonable network management practices".
Research suggests that a combination of policy instruments will help realize the range of valued political and economic objectives central to the network neutrality debate. Combined with strong public opinion, this has led some governments to regulate broadband Internet services as a public utility, similar to the way electricity, gas, and the water supply are regulated, along with limiting providers and regulating the options those providers can offer.