



As you can imagine, the ruling has the potential to severely impact consumers and companies everyday lives. Knurdology went as far as to declare



Luckily, good news came this week in the form of a Back in February, net neutrality became a hot topic that not many people were talking about. The Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit struck down the FCC net neutrality rules, essentially allowing internet providers an opportunity to charge websites for consumers to get faster access.As you can imagine, the ruling has the potential to severely impact consumers and companies everyday lives. Knurdology went as far as to declare the online apocalypse (dramatic, I know).Luckily, good news came this week in the form of a letter from President Obama . For the first time, he publicly announced the importance of an open Internet. He believes that the Internet should be reclassified as a public utility. This way it will be seen as a necessity like electricity.

“For almost a century, our law has recognized that companies who connect you to the world have special obligations not to exploit the monopoly they enjoy over access into and out of your home or business. It is common sense that the same philosophy should guide any service that is based on the transmission of information — whether a phone call or a packet of data.” Obama wrote.



Obama’s public support should help Tom Wheeler, the FCC Chairman, to take a more vigorous stance on the issue as the FCC creates a revised plan for net neutrality.



For more on net neutrality, check out the 2 part series defining net neutrality and the implications without it: