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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 Washington Post The Problematic Potential Return of Net Neutrality - AAF American Action Forum Europe’s top court slaps down ‘zero rating’ again TechCrunch Ofcom Begin New Review of UK Net Neutrality Rules Post Brexit UPDATE ISPreview.co.uk Biden drags feet filling key telecom posts at FCC, NTIA FierceTelecom EU Court of Justice tells European telecoms regulators to revise Net Neutrality Mobile Europe The FCC is being asked to restore net neutrality rules The Verge Biden's baffling FCC delay could give Republicans a 2-1 FCC majority Ars Technica Why Net Neutrality Can't Wait ACLU Net Neutrality 2021 Legislation National Conference of State Legislatures Policing Net Neutrality IEEE Spectrum The long, painful path of net neutrality The New York Times Mozilla leads push for FCC to reinstate net neutrality CNBC Biden's call to restore net neutrality: What you should know CNET FCC’s net neutrality rollback overwhelmed by bogus industry comments, investigation finds The Verge EFF at 30: Freeing the Internet, with Net Neutrality Pioneer Gigi Sohn EFF California’s net neutrality law and the case for zero-rating government services Brookings Institution The Coronavirus Pandemic and Network Neutrality Implications Lawfare FCC, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Other Telcos Can't Stop Robocalls From Appearing | Mitigation Plans Now Required! 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The Daily Dot With Pai's departure, FCC likely to restore net neutrality, strengthen municipal broadband StateScoop California challenges U.S. reversal of Obama-era 2017 net neutrality rules ReutersThe 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.