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the votes are in and net neutrality is out the FCC voted three to two in favor of repealing rules designed to make internet providers treat online traffic and services equally but it wasn't without some drama before the vote the room was briefly evacuated because of the security alert and during the hearing fiery statements were made against the repeal by Commissioner mignon Clyburn I dissent some may ask why are we witnessing such unprecedented groundswell of public support for keeping the 2015 net neutrality protections in place because the public can plainly see that assumed to be toothless FCC is handing the keys to the Internet the Internet one of the most remarkable empowering enabling inventions of our lifetime over to a handful of multibillion-dollar corporations in response chairman eject I had this quip Thank You Commissioner Clyburn I mean to mark you down as a no Commissioner Michael O'Reilly followed up with his statements supporting getting rid of the rules the legend of a cable company trying to break the internet may make a scary bedtime story for children of telecom geeks but it isn't reality so for those of you out there that are fearful what tomorrow may bring please take a deep breath this decision will not break the internet now the vote has been taken the repeal has to be entered into the Federal Register and that's expected to happen early next year so will the internet look any different tomorrow CNET's Maggie Reardon explains the changes that a lot of people fear are gonna happen slowly and it's gonna happen when broadband providers and wireless companies start to change their business models so you're not going to notice anything probably for quite some time the vote happened just one day after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reported that two million comets submitted to the FCC about net neutrality were made under misused identities earlier in December Snyderman along with 28 senators called on the FCC to delay the vote until the fake comments could be investigated the FCC rejected these requests to delay the votes but Commissioner Jessica rosenworcel addressed concerns in her statements saying half a million comments were submitted using Russian email addresses she said quote I think that's a problem end quote for a deeper dive into the world of net neutrality and what it means for you right now we've brewed up a handy explanation with beer on cnet.com