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Net-Neutrality Dispute on Internet Access: Questions and Answers

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Internet companies such as Facebook Inc. are fighting communications providers led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. over what rules U.S. regulators should adopt for the Internet. The issue concerns net neutrality, a concept sufficiently nebulous that even companies on the same side of the issue can’t agree on exactly what it means.

A primer for technophobes: