In 2015 the FCC adopted Net Neutrality, which, in essence prohibited Internet service providers (ISPs) from speeding up, slowing down or blocking Internet content. These ISPs were required to treat all data on the Internet the same.
While there are multiple arguments for and against this government mandate, the FCC, by reclassifying broadband access as a telecommunications service in February 2015, ruled in favor of Net Neutrality and released specific rules of Net Neutrality in March 2015. The rule then took effect in June 2015.