Trump's FCC killed network neutrality, giving internet providers a green light to abuse consumers. Biden's FCC has corrected that error.
In the midst of its battle to extinguish the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department discovered that its internet connection provider, Verizon, had throttled their data flow virtually down to zero, cutting off communications for firefighters in the field. One firefighter died in the blaze and four were injured. Verizon refused to restore service until the fire department signed up for a new account that more than doubled its bill.
The key distinction, Aaron told me, is that the FCC's initiative goes well beyond the issue of net neutrality — it establishes a single federal standard for broadband and reclaims its authority over the technology more generally, in ways that 'safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers and facilitate broadband deployment,' in the commission's own words.
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