<P> On February 26 , 2015 , the FCC reclassified broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service , thus subjecting it to Title II regulation , although several exemptions were also created . The reclassification was done in order to give the FCC a legal basis for imposing net neutrality rules ( see below ) , after earlier attempts to impose such rules on an `` information service '' had been overturned in court . </P>
<P> On February 26 , 2015 , the FCC reclassified broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service , thus subjecting it to Title II regulation , although several exemptions were also created . The reclassification was done in order to give the FCC a legal basis for imposing net neutrality rules ( see below ) , after earlier attempts to impose such rules on an `` information service '' had been overturned in court . </P>
when did the fcc start regulating the internet
when did the fcc start regulating the internet
February 26 , 2015
February 26 , 2015