tt ling , ▁no ▁paid ▁prior it ization . ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁F CC ▁voted ▁ 3 - 2 ▁to ▁remove ▁these ▁rules , ▁allowing ▁I SP s ▁to ▁block , ▁thro tt le ▁and ▁give ▁fast - lane ▁access ▁to ▁content ▁on ▁their ▁network . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁aid ▁I SP ' s ▁in ▁dealing ▁with ▁large ▁data - flow ▁in ▁the ▁Z ett aby te ▁Era , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁C is co ▁un ve iled ▁a ▁new ▁router , ▁the ▁A ggreg ation ▁Services ▁R outer ▁( AS R ) ▁ 9 0 0 0 , ▁which ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁offer ▁six ▁times ▁the ▁speed ▁of ▁compar able ▁rou ters . ▁In ▁one ▁second ▁the ▁AS R ▁ 9 0 0 0 ▁router ▁would , ▁in ▁theory , ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁process ▁and ▁dist ribute ▁ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁hours ▁of ▁DVD ▁traffic . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁with ▁the ▁coming ▁of ▁the ▁Z ett aby te ▁Era , ▁C is co ▁had ▁continued ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁AS R ▁ 9 0 0 0 ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁now ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁handle ▁ 9 6 ▁ter aby tes ▁a ▁second , ▁up ▁significantly ▁from ▁ 6 . 4 ▁ter aby tes ▁a ▁second ▁the ▁AS R ▁ 9 0 0 0 ▁could ▁handle ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁Data ▁cent ers ▁