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Venture Explains: The FCC’s decision to ditch net neutrality

January 21, 2018 / 3634 views

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently voted along political party lines to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open Internet—a concept known as net neutrality. What is net neutrality? It’s the belief that all web…

Venture Explains: Net Neutrality

April 21, 2015 / 1976 views

What is it? The belief that all web traffic should be treated equally. In practice this largely means broadband providers aren’t allowed to create ‘fast’ Internet lanes, and charge websites extra for accessing the boosted bandwidth speed. Who’s for it?…