Government
December 15, 2017
Without net neutrality, smaller retailers and ecommerce sites will struggle to compete with juggernauts such as Amazon. Image courtesy of Net-A-Porter
By Danny Parisi
The FCC has fulfilled its promise to repeal net neutrality, potentially leading to a future where access to different sites and applications is segmented by Internet service providers into subscription-gated tiers.
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