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A network neutrality rule could result in mere 'slaps on the wrist' or involve such expensive and difficult litigation procedures that no small company or consumer could ever bring a case.

Any 'network neutrality' rule should be designed to forbid phone or cable companies from controlling the Internet.

'Network neutrality' is sometimes called 'Internet freedom' or 'Internet openness' and is a legal principle that would forbid cable and phone companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast from blocking some websites or providing special priority to others.

Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work better than others over their pipes.

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom.

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

The significant regulatory impact of reclassifying broadband services is not something that should be taken lightly and should not be done without additional direction from Congress.

Net Neutrality - a guiding principle of the Internet since its beginning - means that content is all treated equally.

The Open Internet principles were not legal rules adopted by the FCC; they were effectively a press statement posted on the FCC website.