Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.
The rules were repealed under President Donald J. Trump, and have proved to be a contentious partisan issue over the years while pitting tech giants against broadband providers.
In a 3-to-2 vote along party lines, the five-member commission appointed by President Biden revived the rules that declare broadband a utility-like service regulated like phones and water.
In a letter sent to Ms. Rosenworcel this week, dozens of leading Republican lawmakers warned that regulating broadband providers like a utility would harm the growth of the telecommunications industry.
There have been few examples of blocking or slowing of sites, which proponents of net neutrality say is largely because of fear that the companies would invite scrutiny if they did so.
“The internet in America as thrived in the absence of 1930s command-and-control regulation by the government," said Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner.
In the vacuum of federal regulations, several states including California and Washington created their own net neutrality laws.
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The rules were repealed under President Donald J. Trump, and have proved to be a contentious partisan issue over the years while pitting tech giants against broadband providers.
In a 3-to-2 vote along party lines, the five-member commission appointed by President Biden revived the rules that declare broadband a utility-like service regulated like phones and water.
In a letter sent to Ms. Rosenworcel this week, dozens of leading Republican lawmakers warned that regulating broadband providers like a utility would harm the growth of the telecommunications industry.
There have been few examples of blocking or slowing of sites, which proponents of net neutrality say is largely because of fear that the companies would invite scrutiny if they did so.
“The internet in America as thrived in the absence of 1930s command-and-control regulation by the government," said Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner.
In the vacuum of federal regulations, several states including California and Washington created their own net neutrality laws.
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