There's been a lot of talk this week about net neutrality, the FCC, and "common carriers." We've been talking about these things for years, and while we all have a general idea of what it all means for the future of the internet, what exactly changed last week?

On this week's episode of What's Tech? Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel explains net neutrality. The recent historic vote by the FCC in favor of net neutrality will have a decisive impact on the future of the internet. But when did the pursuit of net neutrality begin? And what exactly is it?

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Portions of this episode are excerpted from the State of the Net conference.