Should net neutrality be restored?
Bill Summary
This bill reinstates net neutrality and encodes it into law after its repeal in 2017. This would be restoring the rule that internet service providers cannot discriminate or upcharge access based on user, website, or content. Sponsor: Rep. Michael Doyle (Democrat, Pennsylvania, District 18)
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Opponents say
• “This, my friends, is not the net neutrality that people want… It's actually more government socialism and frankly it's worse." - Rep. Greg Walden (Republican, Oregon, District 2)
• "The idea that only Title II is a real net neutrality is dangerous and wrong… You have heard over and over again that we need to protect consumers from blocking, throttling and internet fast lanes. That sounds reasonable enough. Well, we can easily do all of this without giving the government free rein through the specter of Title II.” - Rep. Bob Latta (Republican, Ohio, District 5)
• “Most people, I think, accurately view it as more of a political strategy, as opposed to solv[ing] a concrete problem… I am focused on what I think American consumers’ primary concern is: getting better, cheaper internet access, and that’s what the FCC’s been focused on so far.” - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
• "The overall lesson I draw from it is that there’s no one solution to closing the digital divide, we have to think broadly about encouraging all kinds of companies … to try to have a strong case for deploying broadband,” Pai said. “If we set some good rules of the road in Washington I’m convinced the private sector can help connect every American with what I call the digital opportunity… I favor a free and open internet… That’s we had prior to 2015. A lot of the hysterical predictions of doom have been demonstrated [to be] false” - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
Proponents say
• “The Save the Internet Act would ‘repeal the repeal’ and codify the FCC’s Open Internet Order as a new free-standing section of law. By enacting this legislation restoring the 2015 Net Neutrality rules, the Save the Internet Act would once again prohibit the abusive practices Internet Service Providers engaged in time and time again before the 2015 Open Internet Order was issued.” - Rep. Michael Doyle (Democrat, Pennsylvania, District 18)
• “When we talk about a free and open internet, we mean an internet that is free from corporate control and open to anyone to communicate, innovate and connect… Net neutrality ensures that when you pay your monthly bill to your internet service provider, you are able to access all content on the web at the same speed as your neighbor, or big corporations. The Save the Internet Act is clear and simple: overturn the Trump FCC’s wrongheaded decision and restore strong net neutrality protections.” - Sen. Edward Markey (Democrat, Massachusetts)
• “The FCC was on the wrong side of the law, the wrong side of history, and the wrong side of the American public when it rolled back net neutrality. The FCC’s deeply unpopular decision is being challenged in the courts, in statehouses, and in Congress. I applaud the effort announced today to reinstate open internet rules at the FCC. I’ll keep raising a ruckus to support net neutrality and I’m glad so many others are too” - FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
