Providers say service won't change after net neutrality rules lifted

Even the largest internet service providers say customers won’t see their service affected because of the [network neutrality] rule change. 

“Let us be clear: The internet was free and open before the FCC imposed more onerous, one-size-fits-all rules in 2015, and it will be free and open when we return to a lighter-touch regulatory framework,” said Chuck Hogg, chairman of the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association, in a statement following the FCC’s Dec. 14 vote. He pledged that the organization’s members do not accept payments to prioritize content, nor do they block or throttle internet traffic. “That’s great that that’s what they’re saying now, but they’re not bound to that,” said Frank Suraci, co-founder of Bedrock Technology in Jessup, an information technology and business solutions company. He went on to say the executives making promises today won’t be in power forever.