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The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to impose net neutrality rules today, restoring the common-carrier regulatory framework enforced during the Obama era and then abandoned while Trump was president.

The rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking and throttling lawful content and ban paid prioritization.

"Consumers have made clear to us they do not want their broadband provider cutting sweetheart deals, with fast lanes for some services and slow lanes for others," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at today's meeting.

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 183 points 7 months ago

They do, however, allow data caps.

These new rules are not the same as the old ones and there's definitely a handful of things that the big companies wanted that they indeed got.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 118 points 7 months ago

I fucking hate data caps - no reason they should exist in this day and age.

[-] aeharding@vger.social 8 points 7 months ago

Yep, I should be able to peg 600mbps 24/7

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