FCC Closes ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole in Final Net Neutrality Order

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The agency released a final order clarifying that pay-to-play internet 'fast lanes' for consumers violate its net neutrality rules. It also guarantees the new rules won't preempt state broadband affordability programs.

The Federal Communications Commission released its final net neutrality order on Tuesday, and it includes a few edits to the draft version ensuring that internet service providers can’t sneakily violate fast-lane bans. Speaking to WIRED on Tuesday, a senior FCC official said that the final net neutrality order has been updated to ensure that paid fast lanes in consumer-facing products violate the agency’s rules.

Many industries and products, like autonomous vehicles and remote surgery equipment, are expected to run on network slicing. The difference, however, is that many of these products are enterprise uses of slicing, and not products marketed to consumers like their in-home internet packages.

 

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