Hailed as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for local TV stations, the FCC’s 2017 spectrum auction drove billions of dollars to hundreds of broadcasters.
With less than a month before the FCC is due to repeal rules protecting the open internet, a measure to save it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and President Trump.
Open-internet advocates and pro-Net Neutrality lawmakers noted that even more grassroots pressure will be necessary to carry the resolution through the House.
The Senate approved a resolution that aims to undo a sweeping act of deregulation undertaken last year by the FCC, issuing a rebuke to the Trump administration.