Last fall the FCC moved to reclassify its categorization of broadband service as a common carrier service under Title II of the Communications Act. This move effectively reinstates net neutrality, whereby internet service providers (ISPs) must provide equal access to all content and applications. The Commission initially passed an order establishing net neutrality in 2015, but after Republicans gained a majority of the Commissioners in 2017 the FCC then moved to repeal it.
Under net neutrality, internet service providers cannot provide different tiers of service for different customers, meter access, or slow down service for services that are taking a lot of bandwidth.
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