FCC votes 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a utility, sets new net neutrality rules<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 today to regulate broadband providers like telephone and cable utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. The FCC will also enforce
a set of net neutrality rules for those companies. The changes were
first proposed earlier this month.</p> <p><a href='
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The Verge</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-30175"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='
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