Unpacked: Repeal of Open Internet Rule enables monopoly networks - Tom Wheeler, Brookings

*Internet services will likely not jump on this quickly and begin to extract the advantages of this repeal, but they will begin to discriminate in subtle way *There is a pending court appeal that challenges the FCC’s ability to repeal Net Neutrality *The Congressional Review Act, which has already passed the Senate, would repeal the FCC’s decision *To understand what impact the repeal of the Open Internet rule might have, you have to understand why it was put in place to begin with *The underlying concept of networks in America, all the way back to the telegraph, has been that there needs to be first-come, first-serve, non-discriminatory access *The reason why we have this rule is because of monopoly networks https://www.brookings.edu/blog/unpacked/2018/07/03/unpacked-repeal-of-open-internet-rule-enables-monopoly-networks/