Shaping the Future of the Internet: Regulating the World's Most Powerful Information Resource in U.S. Telecom Ass'n v. FCC

Abstract

Every sixty seconds, the Internet processes more than two million Google searches, 150 million email exchanges, and $200,000 in Amazon sales. For comparison, the U.S. Postal Service delivers nearly 352,000 mail pieces per minute—just 0.2% of the average email delivery rate. Operating as an unrestricted, unregulated network, the Internet has led the “Information Age” in a way that has transformed ordinary life. From accelerating the pace we communicate, to revolutionizing the way we learn, socialize, and do business, the Internet has provided unparalleled reliability and awakened a dependency on information resourcing like never before.