Fordham Law School Professor Olivier Sylvain wrote about the societal impact of Open Internet Rules for the American Constitution Society‘s blog.
Today and into the future, under the Rules, service providers must ensure that all members of the public who try to access the Internet have access to the Internet content, applications, and services of their choice no matter who or where they are. Now, all users, at least theoretically, can innovate and communicate online freely, and on the same footing as large Internet companies. In this way, the Open Internet Rules could reflect a renewed focus on enduring public law priorities in communications policy, and not just the happy and trendy cause of innovation for its own sake.