Facts: In setting rules for Internet infrastructure, the FCC ruled that broadband ISPs are not common carriers and, therefore, not subject to rules that require equal treatment for all their customers. However, the Commission later became concerned that ISPs might disrupt the neutral flow of information on the Internet. It worried that an ISP like Comcast might, for example, limit access to the USA Today website if it wanted to spike traffic to its own news website, or it might degrade the quality of the connection to Bing if a competitor such as Google paid for prioritized access. 

To prevent such behavior, the FCC issued the Open Internet Order, which prohibited broadband ISPs from (1) blocking lawful content and services and (2) giving preferential treatment to some Internet content or traffic. But Verizon objected, arguing that (1) the Order would not safeguard the Internet and (2) the rules unfairly treated broadband ISPs as common carriers, even though the FCC had ruled that they were not. 

Questions:

1. Could the FCC impose net neutrality rules on broadband ISPs?

2. What is net neutrality?

3. What are ISPs?