The US Senate has voted by a slim majority to retain the FCC’s net neutrality rules, which are set to come into effect on 20 November.
The Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison had sponsored a resolution to repeal the net neutrality rules, which…
The US Senate has voted by a slim majority to retain the FCC’s net neutrality rules, which are set to come into effect on 20 November.
The Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison had sponsored a resolution to repeal the net neutrality rules, which would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against legal content on their networks.
In a vote yesterday, 52 senators voted against the resolution, while 46 senators voted in favour.
An FCC spokesman said the vote was a win for both businesses and consumers.
“Since its adoption in 2010, the Commission’s open Internet framework has brought certainty and predictability, stimulating increased innovation and investment across the broadband economy, including in mobile networks and apps.”
He added that any effort to disrupt or unsettle that certainty would “only undermine innovation and investment in this space”.
Yet the net neutrality rules are still being challenged elsewhere.
Telco Verizon Communications has brought a legal action to overturn the net neutrality rules.
A Verizon spokesman said that no hearing dates have been set yet for this legal action.
