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US FCC restores net neutrality

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted this week to restore its net neutrality rules in all states.

In a previous 2023 Update, we announced the FCC’s advances in restoring the rules. With this week’s vote, the FCC fully reassumes oversight of broadband as a ‘telecommunications’ service, and thus powers to reinstate its non-discrimination rules for all lawful internet traffic by ISPs, aligning the country with EU and many other countries around the world.

“Through its actions today, the Commission creates a national standard by which it can ensure that broadband internet service is treated as an essential service. Today’s vote also makes clear that the Commission will exercise its authority over broadband in a narrowly tailored fashion—without rate regulation, tariffing, or unbundling—to foster continued innovation and investment”, the Commission said in a statement shortly after the vote.

Whilst the decision can still be challenged in court, today’s advances in network technology and the benefits of a unified nationwide set of rules makes this less likely.

We continue to monitor these developments and will return here with further updates.

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The US Federal Communications Commission has voted this week to restore its net neutrality rules in all states.

In a previous 2023 Update, we announced the FCC’s advances in restoring the rules. With this week’s vote, the FCC fully reassumes oversight of broadband as a ‘telecommunications’ service, and thus powers to reinstate its non-discrimination rules for all lawful internet traffic by ISPs, aligning the country with EU and many other countries around the world.

“Through its actions today, the Commission creates a national standard by which it can ensure that broadband internet service is treated as an essential service. Today’s vote also makes clear that the Commission will exercise its authority over broadband in a narrowly tailored fashion—without rate regulation, tariffing, or unbundling—to foster continued innovation and investment”, the Commission said in a statement shortly after the vote.

Whilst the decision can still be challenged in court, today’s advances in network technology and the benefits of a unified nationwide set of rules makes this less likely.