The Final Verdict on Net Neutrality - 2015 FCC Ruling: Official Statements, Comments, Intent and Text of new Net Neutrality Rules

Some fear the future, while others embrace the government's resolve to maintain an Open Internet. Find out exactly how the FCC intends to regulate the internet and what it means to you. Will your cable internet provider raise your rates, or will they be restricted from doing so in the future. Will you be stuck in the slow lane, or is that type of traffic manipulation a thing of the past?

Today, the Commission—once and for all—enacts strong, sustainable rules, grounded in multiple sources of legal authority, to ensure that Americans reap the economic, social, and civic benefits of an Open Internet today and into the future. These new rules are guided by three principles: America’s broadband networks must be fast, fair and open—principles shared by the overwhelming majority of the nearly 4 million commenters who participated in the FCC’s Open Internet proceeding.
Absent action by the FCC, Internet openness is at risk, as recognized by the very court that struck down the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet rules last year in Verizon v. FCC.

NOTE: Due to a lapse in some procedural rules the full text of the Final Rules are not yet available and should be published in the Federal Register within days. Within hours of the actual rules becoming public, the full text of said rules will be added to this eBook.