Net neutrality is dead, big changes to the internet are yet to come

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States of America has used a vote to end net neutrality, which will mean the end of the Internet as we know it.

Providers will have free rein to impose limitations without net neutrality

An FCC vote has resulted in a 2 to 1 result in favor of the elimination of net neutrality, this means that the operators will have free rein when it comes to limiting network access to users of different ways, for example, by creating a prioritized Internet service for users who pay a higher amount of money. They will also be able to take other actions like blocking P2P traffic or limiting downloads to force users to pay more if they don't want to have these limitations.

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The vote against was by Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn of the Democratic Party, the votes in favor were by Commissioner Michael O'Rielly and Commissioner Brendan Carr of the Republican party. Mignon Clybu claims that in this way the Internet keys are being handed over to a handful of multi-billion dollar multi-corporations, hinting that nothing good is about to happen.

The goal of net neutrality was to ensure a free and open internet or on equal terms for all consumers while preventing broadband service providers from favoring their own content or that of companies that pay a royalty.