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FCC reinstates net neutrality, but it’s not as easy as it once was
5G’s ability to offer different speeds for different purposes upends the traditional concept of net neutrality.
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to put the internet back under “net neutrality” regulation, reprising Obama-era rules that prohibit service providers from discriminating against certain websites by throttling or blocking them. At issue is an emerging 5G technology called “network slicing,” which some mobile executive argue lies in the hazy realm beyond the internet’s borders, unconstrained by net neutrality. Two major changes since then include the shift from personal computers to mobile devices and the growing number of items connected to the internet, from robot vacuum cleaners to entire factories.
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