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What a difference two weeks makes! This past Thursday, the F.C.C. voted to place Internet Service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, which means it will be governed as a public utility in the same way that telephone service is currently regulated. Mobile data services for phones and tablets will also be protected under the new regulations. Does this mean the end of the affair? Probably not for a while. The cable and telecommunications companies have already announced that they will turn to the courts, claiming that the F.C.C. has overstepped it’s mandate with the newly approved regulations. We’ll continue to track that process as it unwinds, but the common wisdom is that the courts will side with the F.C.C. as they have in the past. Here’s to a victory for the little guy and for the idea that our government has a role in placing a check on the greedier instincts of big business.