# With Net Neutrality Dead, How Will ISPs and the Internet Adapt?

By Daniel Litwin · Published 2019-10-04 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Industrial IoT on MarketScale
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> After years of back and forth in court, a federal appeals court upheld the FCC’s repeal of the Obama-era incarnation of net neutrality rules, effectively removing rules that prohibited ISPs from throttling internet access. The decision came in 3-2 fashion along party lines, and is already getting mixed reception. On this on-demand bonus segment…

## Key points

- The FCC's repeal of net neutrality allows ISPs to potentially throttle internet access.
- Court decision on net neutrality repeal passed with a 3-2 vote, reflecting party line divisions.
- ISPs gatekeeping internet services could affect general media consumption and smart cities.

After years of back and forth in court, a federal appeals court upheld the FCC’s repeal of the Obama-era incarnation of net neutrality rules, effectively removing rules that prohibited ISPs from throttling internet access. The decision came in 3-2 fashion along party lines, and is already getting mixed reception.

On this on-demand bonus segment from Business Casual, hosts Daniel Litwin & Tyler Kern looked at the key changes that come with this court decision, as well as breaking down the pessimistic and optimistic viewpoints of a world with no net neutrality laws for the internet. They discuss–

- The key provisions that were upheld vs. overturned in the decision.
- What a future with ISPs gatekeeping internet services could look like for general media consumption, businesses, and smart cities.
- How small and independent telecom operators suffer disproportionately under strict regulation.
- Why it’s difficult to prepare for an internet 10 years out.

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