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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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The New York Times Biden-Sanders Task Force Backs Net Neutrality, Municipal Broadband 07/10/2020 MediaPost Communications FCC Refuses Cities' Request For Time To Weigh In On Net Neutrality Repeal 04/24/2020 MediaPost Communications Senators Urge FCC To Give Cities More Time To Address Net Neutrality 04/27/2020 MediaPost Communications Killing Net Neutrality Was Even Worse Than You Think OneZero F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules The New York Times Op-Ed: Net Neutrality and Coronavirus - AAF American Action Forum What the End of Net Neutrality Means for You MONEY What Is Net Neutrality? The Complete WIRED Guide WIRED California Will Have an Open Internet The New York Times Comment Deadline Extended in Net Neutrality Proceeding | Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Benton Foundation FCC rejects cities' extension request for comments on net neutrality rollback Engadget Net neutrality in the context of the new pandemic Lexology Net Neutrality Gives Cities Some Flexibility CitiesSpeak 'Net neutrality' rules quietly fade away | Opinion | wiscnews.com WiscNews Where the net neutrality fight goes next Axios Finding common ground on net neutrality Newsday FCC Urged To Extend Deadline For Net Neutrality Comments, Due To Coronavirus 03/17/2020 MediaPost Communications The Censoring Left: 'Net Neutrality' for Thee – Not for Me The Heartland Institute House votes to restore net neutrality rules CNN Net Neutrality Repeal: What Could Happen and How It Could Affect You The New York Times Net neutrality was repealed a year ago — what’s happened since? The Verge We need to prepare for internet of the future. Here's how Congress can help. USA TODAY How Open Internet Advocates and ISPs Will Bring the Net Neutrality Fight to the States: Ratified MarketScale Sanders Wants To Restore Net Neutrality Rules, Ban Data Caps 12/09/2019 MediaPost Communications Washington State keeps enforcing net neutrality as it hails FCC court loss Ars Technica Oregon’s Net Neutrality Law Upheld by Federal Ruling GovTech A Net-Neutrality Prediction That Was a Bust – InsideSources InsideSources The Tangled Web of Net Neutrality and Regulation Harvard Business ReviewThe 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.