Today is a sad day for internet lovers. The FCC has officially voted to repeal net neutrality laws. The vote was 3-2 and was split strictly along party lines.

However, this has not been put officially into law. It still has to go through Congress.

What’s the likelihood of net neutrality fully getting repealed? Can we still fight?

There’s still hope that we could keep net neutrality, but it’s very slim. For net neutrality to continue, the House, the Senate and the President would all have to agree to this. But all of Congress is controlled by the Republican Party, and they have traditionally been in favor of repealing the law.

Why should I even care about this?

Net neutrality allows for equal, unlimited access to the internet from internet providers. This means that no internet provider could block or slow down your access to a website just because of their preferences.

If there are no net neutrality rules in place, the big internet providers like Verizon, AT&T and Comcast could discriminate against certain websites or services like Netflix and Hulu. They have all promised to not do this, but the companies already have policies in place similar to this.

You may also have to end up paying more for the faster speeds you are used to.

Without net neutrality, it is going to be exponentially harder for students to do their schoolwork, for professionals to do their job, for businesses to grow and for anybody to access what they want.

Removing net neutrality is against what the internet is all about.

We can’t stop fighting. We can’t let the FCC and Congress repeal net neutrality.