Net neutrality vote: Your guide to the FCC's big decision

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Amanda Wills
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Net neutrality wins

The vote to protect an open Internet

The FCC on Thursday voted to enact strict regulation on companies that connect people to the Internet. The regulation will prevent those companies from striking deals that give preferential treatment to content providers. For example, under these rules Netflix can't pay Comcast for faster access to customers — and Comcast can't force Netflix to do so.

65-SECOND EXPLAINER
What is net neutrality and how does it affect your daily life?

"The Internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers to be the ones making the rules." - FCC CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER, moments before the vote on Feb. 26

WHAT HAPPENED
History captured: The moment the FCC voted to pass the new rules

[View the story "FCC Net Neutrality Vote" on Storify]

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