One year later, network neutrality fight enters new phase

The fight over network neutrality is entering a new phase, one year after the Federal Communications Commission approved the landmark Internet rules.

Regulators are moving to develop new standards, even as critics push forward to have the courts or Congress curb or strike down the rules down entirely. The debate is now focused on two questions: If the courts or Congress will block or temper the rules; and if not, how the FCC will implement them. A three-judge panel is weighing whether the FCC overstepped its powers when it reclassified Internet service to give it authority on the issue. And a new challenge to the rules came recently in the form of legislation from conservative lawmakers — including two presidential candidates — to repeal the regulations entirely. Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) bill says the Internet rules would have "no force or effect" and would keep the FCC from enacting such measures in the future.