FCC Votes To Adopt Order Reinstating Net Neutrality Rules

Key Points:

• On Thursday, April 25, the FCC voted 3–2 to reinstate the Commission's net neutrality framework by reclassifying broadband internet access service as a Telecommunications Service, which is regulated under Title II of the Communications Act.
• The Commission argued that this reclassification would provide it with "additional authority to safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers, facilitate broadband deployment, and support broadband access."
• In connection with the reclassification, the Commission will forbear from applying many aspects of traditional utility regulation to broadband Internet access providers and will impose new rules regarding treatment of broadband traffic.