Eight Questions About the Net Neutrality Hearing
December 3, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission will head to court on Dec 4 to defend its network neutrality rules against opponents who want to overturn the broadband regulations. The hearing may help determine how consumers get access to content on the web. Kang asks and answers a few questions:
- I still don’t get what “net neutrality” means. Explain.
- The current FCC rules on net neutrality were approved in February. How do they differ from past versions?
- What makes the FCC think it can win this time?
- Does the Title II classification slap many more rules onto Internet service providers?
- For all the hypothesizing of net neutrality violations, are there any examples of those problems today?
- Does the FCC think T-Mobile and Comcast violated net neutrality rules?
- What should we watch on Friday?
- What next? And is the future of the Internet really at stake here?
Eight Questions About the Net Neutrality Hearing What to Watch as Court Weighs Fate of Net Neutrality (National Journal) Net neutrality goes on trial (The Hill)