Before Net Neutrality, Internet Providers Consistently Abused Their Powers (Brief Timeline)

Before Net Neutrality, Internet Providers Consistently Abused Their Powers (Brief Timeline)

7 years ago
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Since the Chairman Ajit Pai’s taking over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), many have argued that net neutrality is another “Obama era problem” and have turned the debate on open internet into a partisan issue. However, the former President and his FCC chairman were actually strongly pushed by the consumer rights group for years before these rules were approved because the internet providers routinely abused their powers.

Here is a brief timeline of only some of those violations that made it to the headlines at the time and helped net neutrality advocates to make their argument in favor of the stricter control over internet providers and to classify internet as a utility.