FCC vote: Net neutrality saved, ISPs will be reclassified as utilities

[Wireless News]

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday enacted-its most sweeping change to telecom regulation in years by voting 3-2 to reclassify Internet service providers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, thus giving the commission the power to enforce net neutrality rules. FROM EARLIER:-FCC votes to override state laws that block municipal broadband deployments The vote caps off a long fight that pitted many Internet activists and tech companies against big ISPs such as Verizon, AT&T,-Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Pro-net neutrality activists have argued that ISPs need to be barred from creating paid prioritization services in which they can charge content providers more money to ensure the faster delivery of their traffic. ISPs, for their part, have insisted that such

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