RIP Net Neutrality
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The EFF is a good source on this. Here they explain the rationale for Title II:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/20…
Something that a lot of people are missing is that we have already had a net neutrality rule for years. Verizon sued to get it overturned because they wanted to have the power to slow down sites unless the sites paid them extra (which they admitted during the court case).
The court ruled in Verizon's favor and said the FCC didn't have the proper authority to enforce net neutrality since broadband was classified as an "information service" rather than a telecommunications service under the Bush administration.
That's why they made this move to reclassify broadband from an information service to a telecommunications service (Title II). However the vast majority of Title II regulations will not be applied to broadband since they were created for the phone industry and don't make sense for the web.
So basically nothing changes since all this does is give the FCC the power to enforce net neutrality which is how the web has always operated. However the ISPs are pissed that they didn't get their way for once and are busy spreading fear and disinfo about it.