According to The Hill, the Sunlight Foundation reported on Tuesday that less than 1 percent of all comments received by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) were clearly opposed to net neutrality — the concept that Internet service providers like Comcast should be barred from blocking or slowing users' access to some websites.
The results of the transparency organization's three-week analysis of agency comments show the pressure the FCC is under to write strong rules governing Internet access.
In many cases, that pressure is a result of efforts by consumer interest and left-leaning advocacy groups including Free Press and Credo Action. The groups helped organize public campaigns in opposition to a plan from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler which seemed to allow Internet service providers to cut "commercially reasonable" deals with websites like Netflix in order to boost some subscribers’ Web speeds.
The massive public response has been larger than any the FCC has ever seen while trying to write new rules.
According to the Sunlight Foundation, about two-thirds of respondents asked the FCC to reclassify broadband Internet service as a "telecommunications service" instead of an "information service." That would allow the commission to impose tough new rules on Internet service companies, but it's been protested by many industry giants and would likely lead to a legal challenge.
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