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Due to a new ruling by the FCC we now have free open access to the internet via the Net Neutrality Rules. The Open Internet Oder, as it is called, ensures that the internet services providers are now a neutral path to the internet and can no longer treat different types of traffic differently and charging different costs.<\/p>\n
This policy replaces a previous version that came out in 2010 but was halted by a legal battle brought by Verizon. This legal action meant that the FCC had to find a way to reclassify broadband to enable better regulatory controls. As with any news like this there were people cheering the decision as well as criticizing it.<\/p>\n
According to NPR.org<\/a>, the ACLU was cheering.<\/p>\n \u201cWelcoming today’s news, the ACLU’s legislative counsel Gabe Rottman says:<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u2018This is a victory for free speech, plain and simple. Americans use the internet not just to work and play, but to discuss politics and learn about the world around them. The FCC has a critical role to play in protecting citizens’ ability to see what they want and say what they want online, without interference. Title II provides the firmest possible foundation for such protections. We are still sifting through the full details of the new rules, but the main point is that the Internet, the primary place where Americans exercise their right to free expression, remains open to all voices and points of view.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And the group, Broadband for America, was criticizing.<\/p>\n \u201cBroadband for America, a group whose members include major Internet service providers, is calling for Congress to intervene. Its honorary co-chairs John Sununu and Harold Ford Jr. say:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u2018The FCC’s decision to impose obsolete telephone-era regulations on the high-speed Internet is one giant step backwards for America’s broadband networks and everyone who depends upon them. These ‘Title II’ rules go far beyond protecting the Open Internet, launching a costly and destructive era of government micromanagement that will discourage private investment in new networks and slow down the breakneck innovation that is the soul of the Internet today.\u2019”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n