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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.
Cities and States Take Up the Battle for an Open Internet Next City Net Neutrality Gives Cities Some Flexibility CitiesSpeak What happened in the comments section of the FCC’s net neutrality hearing? The Verge FCC Plans to Scrap Defective System Used to Post Fake Net Neutrality Comments Gizmodo Dominant Facebook supports net neutrality, political ads MultiBriefs Exclusive One more time: The Verizon-Santa Clara fire dispute has nothing to do with net neutrality American Enterprise Institute Telecom: TMobile/Sprint Merger, AT&T Fine, Net Neutrality The National Law Review Kyrsten Sinema, the Only Anti-Net Neutrality Dem, Linked to Super PAC Run by a Comcast Lobbyist Sludge Sen. Sinema, lone senate Democrat opposed to net neutrality, tied to Comcast lobbyist's dark money Salon Digital Rights Group Seeks Net Neutrality Ruling Redo Bloomberg Law The Ongoing Saga of Chevron and Net Neutrality The Regulatory Review Quality of Experience – How machine learning, net neutrality, and 5G relate to QoE Security Boulevard Shocker: ISPs Cut Back 2020 Investment Despite Tax Breaks, Death Of Net Neutrality Techdirt 'All About the Money': Kyrsten Sinema, Lone Senate Democrat Opposed to Net Neutrality, Tied to Comcast Lobbyist's Dark Money Super PAC Common Dreams Support network neutrality Helena Independent Record 2019 AMA Interim Meeting is underway—7 issues to watch American Medical Association 'After Net Neutrality' book explores history, activism and offers an idea for the future The Daily Dot Cities and States Take Up the Battle for an Open Internet and Municipal Broadband Common Dreams Ajit Pai is unhappy states are bucking his agency's net neutrality repeal The Daily Dot China and the Swamp Are 5G Allies The Wall Street Journal Russian internet censorship could come the U.S. Inverse A look at MetroNet buildout, city-owned internet and Mediacom’s response Ames Tribune Bipartisan leaders are much needed | News, Sports, Jobs The Inter-Mountain Court Upholds Net Neutrality Repeal, With Some Caveats The New York Times Companies Like ‘Boogle’ Are Finally Ready to Address Net-Neutrality and Data Privacy On a Global Scale Yahoo Finance FCC Fines CenturyLink, West Safety for 911 Outage; Net Neutrality Petition for Rehearing; AT&T to Pay $60 Million in FTC Settlement; T-Mobile and Sprint Merger FCC Approval Order; Pole Inspection Company Cited by — Vol. XVI, Issue 45 Lexology Dear Comcast, I Noticed Your Email About My Tweet and Wanted You to Have This Blog VICE FCC sued by dozens of cities after voting to kill local fees and rules Ars Technica FCC Chairman Ajit Pai argues a patchwork of state regs is bad for business CNET Will the Sprint and T-Mobile merger create competition? 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Here’s How That Could Affect You. The New York Times FCC Chair Ajit Pai Says Internet Speeds Have Increased Since Net Neutrality Repeal Observer Net Neutrality Fake-Off Shows Politics Are Messed Up Forbes Why net neutrality is an economic debate - Georgetown Public Policy Review Georgetown Public Policy Review The FCC Chairman on Regulating the Big Tech Companies Wall Street Journal Sorry, FCC—killing net neutrality probably didn’t expand internet access MIT Technology Review Net Neutrality Debate Revving Back Up Again, Stuck In Same Gear Forbes Killing Net Neutrality Rules Did Far More Harm Than You Probably Realize Techdirt Net Neutrality Updates American Libraries Activists challenge 2020 candidates to sign net neutrality pledge CNET Congress, Not the Courts, Could End the Net Neutrality Debate Government Technology None Of The Claimed Benefits Of Killing Net Neutrality Ever Arrived Techdirt U.S. Sen. Kennedy: Both parties lack the will to cut spending The Center Square Net Neutrality Bill Passes Crucial Committee Vote EFF Here’s how Democrats take back the Senate The Washington Post F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules 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.