US approve 'net neutrality' rules

Internet service providers must act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to a US home or phone, under rules approved by a divided Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

US approve 'net neutrality' rules

Internet service providers must act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to a US home or phone, under rules approved by a divided Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

The plan, which puts the internet in the same regulatory camp as the telephone and bans business practices that are “unjust or unreasonable”, represents the biggest regulatory shake-up to the industry in almost two decades.

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