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kleinbl00  ·  2317 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The FCC just killed net neutrality

I don't think that's true.

b_b has the right of it - the FCC is run by appointees and they don't make law. The FCC decided under Obama that the Internet was a communications utility, and the FCC under Trump has decided it isn't. Clarity would be Congress legislating that the Internet is a communications utility.

Personally, I think it's funny that they decided to piss on one of the few contingencies left - alt-right technolibertarians. It's like Ajit Pai runs a get out the vote campaign for the Democratic Party. Because yeah - now we're all going to vote. And we're going to vote for something that we didn't think we had to vote for. And then special interests won't be able to change things by fiat ever again.