The Internet was developed as a network between
government research laboratories and participating departments of universities.
By the late 1980s, a process was set in place towards public, commercial use of
the Internet. The remaining restrictions were removed by 1995, 4 years after
the introduction of the World Wide Web.[1]
In 1989, the first ISPs were established in
Australia[2] and the United States. In Brookline, Massachusetts, The World
became the first commercial ISP in the US. Its first customer was served in
November 1989.[3]
On 23
April 2014, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was reported to be
considering a new rule that will permit ISPs to offer content providers a
faster track to send content, thus reversing their earlier net neutrality
position.[4][5][6] A possible solution to net neutrality concerns may be
municipal broadband, according to Professor Susan Crawford, a legal and
technology expert at Harvard Law School.[7] On 15 May 2014, the FCC decided to
consider two options regarding Internet services: first, permit fast and slow
broadband lanes, thereby compromising net neutrality; and second, reclassify
broadband as a telecommunication service, thereby preserving net
neutrality.[8][9] On 10 November 2014, President Barack Obama recommended that
the FCC reclassify broadband Internet service as a telecommunications service
in order to preserve net neutrality.[10][11][12] On 16 January 2015,
Republicans presented legislation, in the form of a U.S. Congress H.R.
discussion draft bill, that makes concessions to net neutrality but prohibits
the FCC from accomplishing the goal or enacting any further regulation
affecting Internet service providers.[13][14] On 31 January 2015, AP News
reported that the FCC will present the notion of applying ("with some
caveats") Title II (common carrier) of the
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