The net neutrality rules as we knew them will be no more.
Though many people agree with the basic principles of net neutrality, those specific rules had been a lightning rod for controversy.
The agency's argument for repealing the rules is that investment started to decline in 2015 after the rules were adopted.
More than two dozen states, including California, New York, Connecticut and Maryland, are considering legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules within their borders.
But some net neutrality supporters aren't confident the Republican-led legislature will protect the basic principles of net neutrality.
But everyone agrees that this ping-ponging between having rules and not having rules isn't good for anyone.
They're calling on those who care about the issue to continue pushing state legislatures to pass their own net neutrality measures. »