the GOP has a bill to replace net neutrality rules. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has voted to kill off net neutrality,

Days after the FCC repealed its net neutrality rules, the GOP has a bill to replace them http://wapo.st/2CFuAH0

Days after the FCC repealed its net neutrality rules, the GOP has a bill to replace them

The bill would restore some — but not all — of the FCC’s old rules. Here’s why that’s important.

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【韓政燕╱綜合外電報導】美國聯邦通信委員會（FCC）昨天開會投票，可望推翻確保公平使用網路的「網路中立」規定。此舉形同讓提供網際網路服務的電信巨擘決定使用者的閱聽內容。蘋果等科技龍頭呼籲取消投票，公共利益團體及網路名人群起抗議，揚言提告。

恐扼殺網路創新

2015年實施的網路中立規定要求AT&T、Verizon等網際網路寬頻服務提供者（ISP）必須對所有網路傳輸資料一視同仁，不得封鎖或阻礙競爭者。聯邦通信委員會主席派伊上月提出新的「恢復網路自由」規定，不僅推翻網路中立的規定，未來各州也不得自訂相關規則。
新政策的支持者主張，推翻舊規定可鼓勵網路創新和投資。反對者則稱，這將會扼殺網路的開放性，任由寬頻公司選擇使用者的閱聽內容，甚至強迫使用者支付更多費用，才能取得想看的內容。
蘋果共同創辦人沃茲尼克和網際網路創始人英國工程師柏納斯─李致函FCC要求取消投票。伯納斯─李表示：「這等於讓ISP有權決定你能上哪個網站，還有網站速度。ISP可決定哪個公司能在網路上成功，誰會被聽見，誰會被消音」。 

Net Neutrality Rules Are Repealed, Giving Providers Free Rein

By CECILIA KANG 19 minutes ago

The Federal Communications Commission scrapped Obama-era rules meant to protect an open internet in a 3-to-2 vote along party lines.

FCC votes 3-2 to repeal Obama-era net-neutrality rules, a move expected to empower cable and wireless providers.

FCC Votes to Dismantle Net-Neutrality Rules

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday rolled back far-reaching rules governing how internet-service providers treat traffic on their networks, a move that is likely to empower cable and wireless providers and…

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has voted to kill off net neutrality, a move that could completely change how the internet works.

As expected, the FCC board voted 3-2 in favour of repealing the Obama-era protections.

The result hands an enormous amount of power to internet service providers (ISPs), which will no longer need to treat all internet traffic equally.

Republican commissioners Ajit Pai, Michael O’Rielly and Brendan Carr voted in favour of repealing the net neutrality rules, while Democratic commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn voted to keep the rules in place.