FCC to vote on "Net Neutrality" rules tomorrow

At their April 2024 meeting, the five members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are expected to approve an order to enact new rules generally know as net neutrality. The rules will mark a return to similar rules enacted by the FCC in 2015 but later rescinded when FCC control flipped from Democrat to Republican-appointed members. (NOTE: The FCC is almost always a 3-2 partisan split, with the party of the president getting to appoint members who identify with their party).

A key question is - will the new rules last? There are two scenarios that would have an outcome to push net neutrality back off the books.

• An election victory by Repubican nominee Donald Trump, who's FCC dropped net neutrality in 2017
• A Supreme Court ruling that the rules violate thier "major questions" doctrine

Broadband Breakfast has a great article on how the net neutrality rules might be overturned in the future. In the meantime, assuming a 3-2 vote tomorrow, providers need to be prepared to follow the new rules for however long they last.