Title II, take three.

AuthorSuderman, Peter
PositionNet neutrality - Brief article

In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in February to radically overhaul the way Internet service is regulated. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and the other two Democratic commissioners voted to move forward with the new rules.The agency's two GOP-appointed commissioners opposed them.

The specifics of the change remained secret to the public prior to the vote. But descriptions made it clear that broadband and wireless data providers, long classified by the agency as lightly regulated Title I information services, will now be regulated as Title U telecommunications services--essentially making them public utilities, like the phone system. The move was designed to allow the FCC to impose strict net neutrality requirements that limit how much Internet service providers can control what passes over their networks.

The vote was the result of a lengthy process that...

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