Regulation

FCC chairman after taking control of the previously free and open internet:

"Chairman Tom Wheeler called the vote the “irrefutable reflection of the principle that no one — whether government or corporate — should control free, open access to the Internet.”"

Too funny.

Verizon posts message in Morse Code to mock FCC ruling, but neither it or any other ISP went dark before the vote.

FCC critics hope for the courts.

"Scott Cleland, the chairman of Net Competition, said in a statement that, “this is very likely strike three for the FCC,” pointing out that courts have already overturned two previous attempts by the Commission to impose a similar regulatory framework.
“Their arbitrarily partisan, Rube Goldberg legal theory, teeters on top of a foundation of falsehoods and a wholesale rejection of many years of FCC findings of facts and bipartisan precedents,” Cleland added."

Don't count on it happening a third time. Obama has changed judges and brought more pressure on them.

"Moreover, many believe that net neutrality could be more effectively promoted through legislation. (RELATED: Republicans Solicit Feedback on Net Neutrality)"

No. A free market is best.

FCC overruled internet monopolies in Tennessee and North Carolina.

I have no doubt this Google plan to rank websites based on facts, in other words based on what the establishment claims are facts, is about appeasing the government.

Don't fear the bureaucratic dinosaur FCC.

"The FCC is trying to control pricing. It is setting up a system of price controls. When you hear the words “internet neutrality,” think “price controls.” But prices keep falling. Here is a technological law that has yet to be broken: “Bandwidth gets cheaper.”"

But they can still slow it down and make it more expensive.