FCC投票恢复网络中立规则

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to bring back net neutrality rules that had been repealed under former President Donald Trump's administration. 

The rules would prohibit internet providers from favoring or limiting certain kinds of traffic across the network, by re-establishing the treatment of internet providers as Title II "common carriers" akin to phone companies. 

"We restore FCC oversight of broadband internet access, with bedrock authority in Title II of the Communications Act," said FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez. "We reinstate guardrails to safeguard and secure broadband infrastructure, and to ensure that the internet remains open and available to all." 

The FCC also used its new authority to revoke the right of certain Chinese companies to provide fixed or mobile broadband internet services in the U.S. over national security concerns.

The move is effective within 60 days of the net neutrality order being passed. It applies to the U.S. units of China Telecom (OTCPK:CHJHF), China Unicom (OTCPK:CHUFF), and China Mobile as well as Chinese telecom firm Pacific Networks and its subsidiary ComNet.

The FCC's "decision to micromanage the Internet through Title II regulations will only deter the investments and innovation necessary to connect all Americans," said Jordan Crenshaw, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center. 

Title II "does nothing" to advance the objective of universal connectivity and instead, undermines it, according to USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter. USTelecom is a trade group whose members include AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon (NYSE:VZ), and other telecom firms.

The Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose members include Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL), and Meta (META), backed the FCC decision. "These rules strike the right balance between ensuring robust, reliable broadband while fostering continued innovation in the services that carriers offer," said Stephanie Joyce, chief of staff, CCIA.

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