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Predictions and Reality of Net Neutrality

December 18, 2019

A year ago, FCC repealed net neutrality—the law that required internet service providers to treat all data passing through their servers the same. Proponents of net neutrality said that the repeal would yield higher prices and worse service. In this week's episode, James and Ant ask what actually happened.

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