First and most important is the electing of democrats into public office. Since we are the party that wants to keep and protect Net Neutrality. The reason the FCC was in a position to end Net Neutrality is that the senate headed by republicans refused to seat the two open seats on the commission. Now that trump is president republicans jumped at the chance to fill the FCC with republican acolytes willing to end Net Neutrality. Since the commission is now filled with it's 5 members, 3 of which are trump followers, for 5 year terms it isn't likely that the commission will be the answer to reversing their decision to end Net Neutrality. So it is now up to Congress to pass a bill that makes Net Neutrality a matter of law and takes it out of the hands of the FCC.
Of course there are lawsuits piling up by providers and states against the ruling but the process of going through the courts is long and arduous. However an unlikely scenario might be that a federal judge puts a stay on the FCC decision to end Net Neutrality while the lawsuit works it's way through the courts, https://qz.com/1156146/ajit-pais-fcc-just-voted-to-repeal-net-neutrality-but-here-are-the-two-ways-it-could-still-be-saved/. But the best hope is that this current Congress, although a republican majority, has some republicans members questioning the decision. If we can put enough pressure on them it is possible to get a bill passed through both the House and Senate that would need trump to sign off on. Surely a bit of a longshot but what other option do we have at this time? With providers and states pressuring it's US representatives it is maybe more than just possible, http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article189764739.html.
What may be our only real hope is for the election of 2018 to be a landslide for democrats and the majority control of congress. With possibly enough members close enough to veto proof thresholds, while getting some remaining republicans to help push past a veto if trump is so inclined. We need to keep our Internet traffic regulated so that the large corporations are not in charge of how we use the Internet and what traffic is available to us. Our democracy demands it and for the large corporations to take our public domain and make it theirs is theft in my way of thinking and not to be allowed!
Of course there are lawsuits piling up by providers and states against the ruling but the process of going through the courts is long and arduous. However an unlikely scenario might be that a federal judge puts a stay on the FCC decision to end Net Neutrality while the lawsuit works it's way through the courts, https://qz.com/1156146/ajit-pais-fcc-just-voted-to-repeal-net-neutrality-but-here-are-the-two-ways-it-could-still-be-saved/. But the best hope is that this current Congress, although a republican majority, has some republicans members questioning the decision. If we can put enough pressure on them it is possible to get a bill passed through both the House and Senate that would need trump to sign off on. Surely a bit of a longshot but what other option do we have at this time? With providers and states pressuring it's US representatives it is maybe more than just possible, http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article189764739.html.
What may be our only real hope is for the election of 2018 to be a landslide for democrats and the majority control of congress. With possibly enough members close enough to veto proof thresholds, while getting some remaining republicans to help push past a veto if trump is so inclined. We need to keep our Internet traffic regulated so that the large corporations are not in charge of how we use the Internet and what traffic is available to us. Our democracy demands it and for the large corporations to take our public domain and make it theirs is theft in my way of thinking and not to be allowed!
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