FCC Approves Net Neutrality Plan

The US Federal Communications Agency (FCC) approved the plan proposed by agency chairman Tom Wheeler. For the continuation of the consideration of the law on the abolition of network neutrality, three members of the FCC special commission voted, including Tom Wheeler himself. Only two participants opposed. Wheeler’s plan has now moved into the public review phase, which will last about four months.
In mid-October, the FCC will again have to vote for a package of proposals, which by this time will be finalized based on comments and comments on it.

The principle of network neutrality was introduced by the FCC in 2010. This concept allows to ensure the equality of all services when working with traffic providers, according to it, all traffic should be passed at the same maximum speed, regardless of its source.
Many American providers have long advocated the elimination of network neutrality, among them, for example, Verizon, AT&T and others. They require the FCC to charge an additional fee for the traffic of individual services.
In turn, a large number of innovative companies advocate maintaining the principles of network neutrality. In early May, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo and many other companies turned to the FCC with a letter stating that the abolition of network neutrality was a deadly threat to the entire Internet, and their views were supported by the White House.