Public Knowledge advocates for net neutrality, the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally. Review the following resources to learn how reclassifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service promotes net neutrality as well as consumer protections over broadband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blog Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 25, 2025: After the Sixth Circuit, What\u2019s Next for Broadband Oversight?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2024: How the FCC Can Safeguard Broadband Affordability Initiatives Without Rate Regulation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 17, 2024: Twitch Shuts Down in South Korea: A Reminder of Why We Fight For Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 27, 2023: The EU\u2019s \u201cFair Share\u201d Proposal Is a Threat to Net Neutrality Everywhere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 13, 2021: \ud83d\udeab\ud83e\udde2 (\u201cNo Cap\u201d): The Truth about Data Caps and Zero-Rating<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 9, 2021: No, California Net Neutrality Law Did Not \u201cNail\u201d Veterans \u2014 Carriers Are Using Vets as Pawns<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 15, 2021: We Already Knew Broadband Should Be A Public Utility. The Pandemic Made It Obvious.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 27, 2020: FCC Gives Broadband Providers Carte Blanche to Ignore Public Interest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 3, 2020: AT&T is Reminding Us Why the Video Marketplace Was Traditionally Highly Regulated<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 10, 2019: Two Years Later, Broadband Providers Are Still Taking Advantage of An Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 2, 2019: What\u2019s Next for Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 11, 2019: Net Neutrality: Not New, But More Important Than Ever<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 29, 2019: Broadband Providers Are Quietly Taking Advantage of an Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 4, 2018: Chairman Pai Isn\u2019t Stopping Robocalls \u2014 He\u2019s Empowering Carriers to Block Your Text Messages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 23, 2018: Net Neutrality Does Not End Today. We Still Don\u2019t Know When It Will. This Is Unusual.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 12, 2018: House Commerce Takes on Paid Prioritization, an Essential Tenet to the Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 19, 2017: Net Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 18, 2017: Net Neutrality Challenges in the World: Zero-Rating in the European Union<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 10, 2017: ISP Protests of Title II Make It Clear That We Need the Current Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 13, 2017: There Is No Loophole in the Net Neutrality Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 25, 2017: The FCC is Trying to Kill The Open Internet \u2013 What That Means and How to Stop It<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 17, 2017: Small but Powerful: Despite Objections, Small ISPs Need Net Neutrality Too<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2017: The Truth About Net Neutrality and Infrastructure Investment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 5, 2017: Fact-Checking ISPs\u2019 Claims of Support for Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 26, 2017: We Need Title II Protections in the Uncompetitive Broadband Market<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 11, 2017: Line-by-line, We Corrected the Record on Broadband Privacy and Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 20, 2016: T-Mobile\u2019s Zero-Rating of Pok\u00e9mon GO Raises Questions for the Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 26, 2016: Happy Birthday Net Neutrality! Where Do We Stand One Year Later?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 3, 2015: What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting Oral Arguments for Yet Another Appeal of FCC Open Internet Rule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 2, 2015: Net Neutrality in Court This Week: The Story of How We Got Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 23, 2015: The First Net Neutrality Complaint Under The 2015 Rules Is Likely To Lose, And That\u2019s A Good Thing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 16, 2015: Net Neutrality Litigation: Round 1 Goes To the FCC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 26, 2015: \u201cStay With Me\u201d: ISPs Head to Court to Fight New Net Neutrality Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 28, 2015: USTA Supports Net Neutrality, Except When It Doesn\u2019t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 23, 2015: The Net Neutrality Saga: A Long-Expected Journey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 24, 2015: First Round of Lawsuits Filed in Net Neutrality Case. Now What?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 12, 2015: Today is FCC Net Neutrality Order Day! What Happens Now?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 26, 2015: What Happens Now With Net Neutrality?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 26, 2015: A Landmark Day for Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 13, 2015: PK Experts Answer Your Burning Questions on Net Neutrality and Title II<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 12, 2015: I Just Called to Say I Love Title II<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February, 2015: Title II is Not Net Neutrality, and Net Neutrality is Not Utility Regulation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 2, 2014: Throwing Shade at Title II with Forbearance Fearmongering<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 25, 2014: Reliability Rather Than Rainbows: Why Strong Title II Remains the Best Option For an Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 19, 2014: New African Declaration Highlights Net Neutrality, Spectrum and Access to Information Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 10, 2014: Internet Slowdown Day and Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 14, 2014: Hey T-Mobile: 2007 Called and it Wants its Net Neutrality Complaint Back<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 6, 2014: Putting the Open Internet Transparency Rule to the Test<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 16, 2014: How The FCC\u2019s Proposed Fast Lanes Would Actually Work<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 15, 2014: 5 Reasons Why Internet Fast Lanes Can Never Make Sense<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 12, 2013: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Net Neutrality Oral Argument<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 9, 2013: What Happened At The Net Neutrality Oral Argument<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 10, 2013: FCC: This is What a Net Neutrality Violation Looks Like<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 15, 2013: AT&T Exempts Itself From Its Data Cap, Violates (at least) the Spirit of Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 26, 2012: A Network Neutrality Meme That Will Not Go Away<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 27, 2012: Meanwhile, Back At The D.C. Circuit . . . . The Open Internet Litigation Plods Along.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 26, 2012: Comcast Exempts Itself From Its Data Cap, Violates (at least the) Spirit of Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 8, 2011: SOPA: Immunity for Net Neutrality Violations?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 23, 2011: A Quick Guide For The Upcoming Net Neutrality Rules Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 30, 2011: Civil Society Walks Away From OECD Internet Policy Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 26, 2011: sshh \u2014 Republicans Support Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 21, 2010: The FCC Network Neutrality Order: Possible Adequacy, But No Regulatory Certainty Any Time Soon.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 27, 2010: The Open Internet Under Assault<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 8, 2010: Sorry AT&T, Title II Would Not \u201cRequire\u201d Paid Prioritization.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 24, 2010: Congress Can Act, But Let The FCC Do Its Job<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 13, 2010: The Big Lie About The FCC\u2019s Third Way To An Open Internet \u2014 (And a Dirty Little Secret)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 28, 2010: Preempt State Broadband Reporting Requirements? Under What Authority?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 26, 2010: No Houdinis Needed: FCC Should Take Direct Way to Broadband Authority<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 8, 2010: Comcast Sees The Downside To Winning Their Net Neutrality Case<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 6, 2010: The FCC Lacks the Authority to Protect Internet Users\u2013Now What?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 23, 2010: Connecting The Telecom Dots Behind \u2018Net Neutrality\u2019 (Hint: It\u2019s About The Money)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 1, 2010: Obama Not Backing Away From Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 15, 2010: How to Preserve an Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 14, 2010: Hey FCC: Don\u2019t Sacrifice Network Neutrality to Content Owners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 30, 2009: Crowdsourcing AT&T\u2019s Anti-Net Neutrality Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 21, 2009: Canada Adopts Comcast\/Bitorrent Standard For Network Management<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 21, 2009: The Open Internet Has A Great Day \u2014 But It\u2019s Only Day 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 3, 2009: FCC and Congress Start Campaign For Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 29, 2009: Obama Defends Net Neutrality; Is Anyone (Time Warner for example) Listening?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 30, 2009: Some Middle Ground: How Cox Can Trust Its Customers, Control Congestion, and Preserve Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 18, 2008: AT&T\u2019s 4 Cents and the Wall Street Journal Link Broadband and Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 19, 2008: What Will Comcast Do Today? First Compliance Check On Comcast\/BitTorrent Order.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 2, 2008: Why The \u2018Right\u2019 Gets Net Neutrality Wrong<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 22, 2008: Taking Net Neutrality to the Hill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 14, 2008: Defining Net Neutrality Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 27, 2008: Comcast and BitTorrent: Together at Last? [Updated]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 19, 2007: Right-to-Attach in Walled Gardens is Just As Important as Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 8, 2007: AT&T Censors Pearl Jam \u2014 Another Reason for Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 2, 2007: Will Sprint really embrace wireless net-neutrality?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 28, 2007: FTC Net Neutrality Report Tortures Logic to Reach a Twisted Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 11, 2007: Telephone Companies Behaving Badly \u2014 A Net Neutrality Warning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 22, 2007: FCC Takes (Passive) Aggressive Action on Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 16, 2007: The FTC Tackles Net Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 4, 2006: Cable Ties Itself Up in Net Neutrality Knots<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 25, 2006: Attention K-Mart Shoppers: Avoid the Net Neutrality Aisle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 22, 2006: Net Neutrality: Back to the Drawing Board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 21, 2006: Pro-Net Neutrality Nuggets Are Buried in Verizon\u2019s Poll<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 30, 2006: Net neutrality as better business standards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 29, 2006: Spectrum and Net Neutrality Lessons from the FCC\u2019s Recent Spectrum Auction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 22, 2006: The Net Neutrality Ironies Facing the FTC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 8, 2006: Net Neutrality, Before the Net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 3, 2006: Net Neutrality Tool Misses the Point<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 17, 2006: Ringside at the Net Neutrality Smackdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 28, 2006: Network Neutrality, & \u201cInternet Misrepresentation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 19, 2006: Get Your Net Neutrality Definitions Here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 14, 2006: What Matters Most about Network Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 12, 2006: Net Neutrality in One Page \u2013 A Rebuttal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 9, 2006: A New Net Neutrality Opening<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 9, 2006: After the Net Neutrality Vote<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 8, 2006: Net Rurality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 6, 2006: Net Neutrality Nitty Gritty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Releases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 24, 2025: Public Knowledge Rejects FCC Vote Undermining Agency Transparency, Accountability, and Public Input<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 17, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins 21 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Follow the Law, Stop Undermining Agency\u2019s Power<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 17, 2025: Public Knowledge Congratulates Trusty on Confirmation, FCC Remains in Political Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 4, 2025: Public Knowledge Urges President, Senate To Preserve FCC\u2019s Bipartisanship in New Nominations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 25, 2025: Public Knowledge Defends FCC Independence in First Circuit Amicus Brief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 7, 2025: Public Knowledge Joins Nearly 20 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Defend Free Expression, Media Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 2, 2025: Sixth Circuit Ruling on FCC Authority Threatens Consumer Protections and Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 15, 2024: FCC Votes To Investigate Consumer Impact of Data Caps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 25, 2024: Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Move Restoring Agency\u2019s Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 3, 2024: FCC Set To Reinstate Title II Authority, Ensuring a Free and Open Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 14, 2023: Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Reinstate Broadband Authority, Bring Back Net Neutrality Protections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 19, 2023: FCC Moves To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 26, 2023: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Plan To Reinstate Title II Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 7, 2023: Senate Votes To Confirm Anna Gomez as FCC Commissioner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n