{"id":36330,"date":"2023-10-19T15:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/?p=36330"},"modified":"2023-10-19T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:43:13","slug":"fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/proposing-reestablished-open-internet-protection\">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking<\/a> to reinstate the agency\u2019s Title II classification of broadband service \u2013 reopening the door for many important consumer protections that put people first, including strong net neutrality rules. Public Knowledge commends the FCC for moving ahead to restore net neutrality as well as create the proper authority allowing for commonsense consumer protections for broadband networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FCC previously classified all broadband under its authority when it passed net neutrality rules in 2015 as part of the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-commends-fcc-for-adopting-landmark-net-neutrality-rules\/\">Open Internet Order<\/a>, which barred broadband providers from throttling connection speeds, blocking websites, and accepting payment for prioritizing traffic. Millions of Americans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/9\/16\/6257887\/fcc-net-neutrality-3-7-million-comments-made\">expressed support for these rules<\/a> by submitting comments with the FCC, but the agency, under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai, reversed the order in an unpopular <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-abandons-consumer-protection-responsibility-with-net-neutrality-repeal\/\">2017 repeal<\/a> by abdicating authority over broadband completely \u2013 an unprecedented and unconscionable move that leaves consumers vulnerable to deteriorating broadband lines that have not been maintained or upgraded; some network traffic being blocked or throttled; and rising broadband prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following can be attributed to Chris Lewis, President and CEO at Public Knowledge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s vote is an important start to restoring internet freedom and openness. Over the next few months, the FCC and the public at large will have an opportunity to look carefully at the benefits of having broadband included in the communications networks that fall under FCC authority. This commonsense classification is a no-brainer to the millions of Americans who want the FCC to work to ensure that all of us are connected to quality, affordable, open, and secure broadband networks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBroadband is too important in the daily lives of every household, business, and community to leave oversight to the providers themselves, especially when they have virtual monopolies in most local communities. We all rely on broadband every day to connect with our jobs, our schools, our doctors, our essential government services, our families, and to start and build successful businesses. Only in Washington, where industry lobbyists have great influence, is the idea that broadband is an essential utility controversial. We have seen many reports of broadband providers throttling or prioritizing traffic since the FCC removed authority in 2017, including providers preferencing their own business over competitors in other services that ride over the network. It is time we have a regulator on the beat again. No broadband provider should control what legal websites and services you get to use when you pay for broadband service. We are grateful for the leadership of Chair Rosenworcel and her colleagues Commissioners Starks and Gomez for moving this proceeding forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/PublicKnowledge\/campaigns\/90098\/respond\">Now is the time for the public to take action<\/a>. We look forward to filing detailed comments in the record on behalf of the public interest in the coming months. Many commenters have focused only on net neutrality protections, however, there are many important protections that Title II authority brings on behalf of the public, from <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-title-ii-supports-internet-reliability-quality-and-resilience-for-all-one-pager\/\">network reliability<\/a>, outage, and <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-title-ii-strengthens-national-security-and-public-safety-one-pager\/\">public safety standards<\/a>, to looking at the important values of <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-title-ii-helps-close-the-digital-divide-by-supporting-universal-service-for-all-one-pager\/\">universal service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-title-ii-protects-online-privacy-one-pager\/\">privacy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/how-title-ii-promotes-a-competitive-affordable-broadband-market-one-pager\/\">competition and fair pricing<\/a>. We are already creating resources for those who are unfamiliar with the many benefits of placing broadband under FCC authority. We encourage all members of the public to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/PublicKnowledge\/campaigns\/90098\/respond\">make their voice heard<\/a> at the FCC and in Congress where legislators are watching closely. Your senators and representatives need to know that you support FCC authority over broadband to protect open, secure, and affordable broadband access.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FCC takes action to restore net neutrality and other consumer protections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":25528,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-36330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-net-neutrality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FCC takes action to restore net neutrality and other consumer protections.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FCC takes action to restore net neutrality and other consumer protections.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Knowledge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-19T15:43:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-19T15:43:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pk-2018-net-neutrality-one-more-vote-rally-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shiva Stella\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shiva Stella\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shiva Stella\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f91ba684ee6c75ffda797642f02e2f47\"},\"headline\":\"FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-19T15:43:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-19T15:43:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\"},\"wordCount\":592,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pk-2018-net-neutrality-one-more-vote-rally-scaled.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Net Neutrality\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-moves-to-reinstate-title-ii-broadband-authority-net-neutrality-rules\/\",\"name\":\"FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules - 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