The FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling and What It Means For You & Your Local ISP or Telecom

We’ve won! The FCC approved net neutrality, which means we can binge on Netflix until our eyes fall out of our sockets. As defined by Google, net neutrality is “the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.” According to the FCC ruling on February 26, 2015, under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, the FCC treats ISPs as public utilities. Therefore, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that the policy ensures “that no one—whether government or corporate—should control free open access to the Internet.” As of now, the immediate future, the Internet is free and open to all of us, and we won’t be charged extra for streaming Netflix, Hulu, and so on. Read more…