The reintroduction of neutrality rules for network providers is looking increasingly unlikely, at least for the next five years, after a US appeals court blocked efforts by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reinstate them.
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit court upheld its earlier stay on the FCC’s May 2024 Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet Order, effectively pausing the policy’s return.
The net neutrality rules require that providers of telecommunications services treat all traffic equally, but give providers of information services more freedom to filter or prioritize what they transmit. The FCC’s view on whether internet service providers (ISPs) provide telecommunications or information services has flip-flopped over the years.
Source:: Network World