It's been almost a full year since we were alerted about Net Neutrality, if I remember correctly by memory, it took like 4 and almost a half years, billions of dollars, millions of posts about it, a few major interruptions of the Internet, numerous protests, and a Republican majority government to undo all that. I have to say, once we forget this, I am very sure this place is going to be in for either one hell of a dark journey for years to come, or a swift and very sad lockdown. Not only that, the whole Internet will undergo a rapid transition back into what it used to be long before Lewd came into existence. If such a debate like that ever happens again down the road, it just means more money pouring into lobbying and steering us away from what is and isn't an equal-pace Internet.
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The Rise
January 9, 2014 - First town hall in Oakland by Wheeler.
January 14, 2014 - Verizon sues and wins, striking down a first case.
February 19, 2014 - Proposal draft on Net Neutrality by the FCC.
April 23, 2014 - On Earth Day, the proposal was leaked to the general public, but it was faulty, this is where the revolution for an equal Internet begins.
April 28, 2014 - Comcast fights back by throttling Netflix.
May 1, 2014 - President Obama heavily backs up the proposal.
May 5, 2014 - Actvists attempted to steer Wheeler into favoring Net Neutrality.
May 7-8, 2014 - Over 100 Internet companies and investors sign letters to the FCC against "fast lanes".
May 15, 2014 - First major interruption of the Internet with over 2.4 million petitions, along with rallies across the nation. By the same day, the proposal reaches the floor, and a commenting period begins, albeit imperfect.
June 1, 2014 - John Oliver does his 15 minutes of fame speech; FCC servers go haywire for the first time.
June 15, 2014 - Two weeks after John Oliver's speech and the official first battle to save the Internet begins, FCC goes haywire again.
June 30, 2014 - Attendance with 300 people from the state of New Mexico, including Wheeler was held.
July 15, 2014 - Initial comment period ended with a million posts.
July 23, 2014 - Protests in San Francisco and Los Angeles rattle California during a fundraiser trip by Obama.
August 10, 2014 - Social media and protests ramps up even further across the country.
September 10, 2014 - Second major interruption, 4 million posts, and 40,000 sites on alert, as well as the second largest protest.
September 15, 2014 - Rallies held in New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles coinciding with Obama's trips.
September 17, 2014 - A giant billboard is on display near the FCC HQ.
September 19, 2014 - A rally takes place just outside the Comcast HQ in Philadelphia.
September 22, 2014 - In Philadelphia, Wheeler shows strong support of Title II for the disabled, academics, minority-owned media, among others. Team Internet and its site battleforthenet.com are born.
September 23, 2014 - First Title II meeting in White House starts.
October 21, 2014 - Activists head over to Texas A&M opposing Pai's speech.
October 22, 2014 - New call tools implemented, over 2,000 people a day used it, peaking at over 50,000.
October 27, 2014 - New York City performs a Speak-Out type of rally with a slow and fast lane banner.
November 6, 2014 - Third major interruption, emergency protests enforced on major cities in most states, another new site: www.protestsign.org allows users to turn the screen fitting the urgency of the situation.
November 10, 2014 - Activists getting smarter on Wheeler by blocking his driveway, it worked.
November 14, 2014 - Activists went from whining to rebellious mode by throwing up a party at the FCC HQ.
November 20, 2014 - The People's Hearing held in San Francisco Bay Area.
December 11, 2014 - The "Reclassify Now" banner was put on display at the FCC debate room.
January 5, 2015 - Over 100 civil rights groups supported Title II.
January 9, 2015 - Black Lives Matter visits FCC to explain Net Neutrality and its importance towards African-Americans.
January 14, 2015 - One site for each representative, as well as more emails and calls opposing a derailing legislation.
January 17-26, 2015 - Net Neutrality gains notoriety on the international level.
January 19, 2015 - #Reclaim MLK Day call in for no compromises, period.
February 4, 2015 - Wheeler affirms the 4 million posts from the previous September and goes ahead with Title II protocol.
February 5, 2015 - 500 calls to the Congressional Black Caucus are made.
February 12-24 2015 - Briefing on the Congressional Black Caucus was held. On that same day, #DontBlockMyInternet against ISP retailers starts.
February 23, 2015 - Music and art department sectors is affected in favor of Net Neutrality.
February 26, 2015 - University students at Pennsylvania disrupt a board in front of the CEO of Comcast with a "Don't Block My Net" banner. On that same day, watchdogs educate the public about it and chanting over the vote relentlessly. Net Neutrality is established across the entire United States.
The Fall
January 4, 2017 - A 4chanian anonymous poster concerned with the condition of Net Neutrality with the forecoming rise of Trump.
April 23, 2017 - Pai states his intentions on repealing Net Neutrality, and with his two helpers in the Trump FCC, he sets the events in motion come July. Comcast and other major ISPs change their policies not long afterwards. Data harvesting without consent is the first step of this decline.
July 12, 2017 - Day of Action begins; every site on the web favoring the Internet goes on alert, albeit some sites only remain on alert temporarily. Sadly, with Pai the comment period is more about quality than quantity and focusing on economic impacts than the proposal itself. This causes widespread anguish amongst many Internet users.
August 16, 2017 - Initial comment period extends to August 30 by request from frustrated Democrats.
August 30, 2017 - Initial comment period ended, but it is so flawed despite having an overwhelming majority, the Republican-held FCC and major ISPs will not buy it.
October 23, 2017 - FCC and major ISPs gets even smarter and more cunning than ever.
November 9, 2017 - Pai goes ahead with the initial repeal of the rules, again causing widespread anger from the public, but even then, it will not work due to a majority of votes in Republican hands.
December 14, 2017 - The repeal went live on the air and passed inside the FCC despite a small 10-minute long interruption. He then makes a video stating that when it passed, doesn't mean that the Internet died off immediately, just that they don't need it anymore.
February 22, 2018 - The Federal Register puts in the repeal effective for partial deletion of core sections, states start going around proposing localized versions of Net Neutrality to defy the FCC, the courts, and major ISPs.
April 23, 2018 - Partial deletion of Net Neutrality in effect, Internet still survives, but fainting in and out.
May 10, 2018 - The last bits of Net Neutrality is set to be deleted by June 11 despite the Congressional Review Act passing the Senate, but not reaching the House majority in time.
June 11, 2018 – Final deadline before major ISPs will then wait until the whole nation quiets down and forget about the debate before starting their discriminatory practices. Net Neutrality beyond this deadline is deleted from the Federal Register.
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