Whatever happened to net neutrality?

by Joe Bursley About one year ago on April 23, 2018, the Federal Communication Commission made some drastic changes to net neutrality. This came after the FCC voted to repeal the Obama administration’s internet guidelines in December of 2017. There was much focus on how this repeal would affect the average person’s ability to access the internet freely and openly. Chances are, if you are reading this article right now, your internet access hasn’t changed much. So what exactly was the big fight over net neutrality, what does the repeal actually affect, and what is going to happen next? The future of our internet may (or may not) depend on these answers.

What was net neutrality?

implemented new guidelines and regulations Critics of net neutrality passed in December 2017

How did the internet react?

Many alarmist articles

Portugal has net neutrality

If

we don't save net neutrality, you'll get the internet one word at a time.#savethenet #savetheinternet #netneutrality #onemorevote — Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) February 27, 2018

different rates

Is the fight over?

come into conflict Save the Internet Act

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