The Federal Communications Commission has voted to reinstate net neutrality, barring broadband providers from slowing or blocking internet traffic to some sites while improving access to others. The FCC had announced that it would pursue this as a policy goal in September and there was no reason the Commission would vote against it. The new net neutrality rules still have to weather challenges in court, and depending on the outcome of the election, they may be rolled back or legislated away. The rules still have to be published in the Federal Register - and then there is another waiting period - before they will take effect.

The FCC has voted to reinstate net neutrality regulations, which means that broadband providers cannot block or slow down access to their competitors' services. While broadband providers are expected to take legal action to overturn these reinstated rules, this ruling stands to make the internet more open by not allowing providers to play favorites with internet traffic.