Dave Lee, North America technology reporter for the BBC, has a write up of the Net Neutrality issue: Net neutrality: The internet holds its breath.
The term "net neutrality" was first deployed 15 years ago, and is commonly used to refer to the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally.
But later this Thursday, a vote will almost certainly reinterpret an older law used to underpin how it is applied in the US - ending a ban on internet service providers (ISPs) being able to put the brakes on some websites' data and accelerate others'.
Some believe that threatens the very fabric of the internet.
Lee goes into the history behind the issue and the possible consequences. He also gives us a look at the man driving the push to dump it: Ajit Pai.
Mr Pai has been on the FCC board for more than five years. He's had a career mostly in government, aside from a period beginning in February 2001, when he worked at Verizon as a lawyer.
"Ah ha!" say campaigners, who believe Mr Pai's past is an obvious conflict of interest and the motivation behind this move. Verizon, one of the biggest telecoms companies in the world, stands to benefit greatly from a loss of net neutrality.
But conversely, who better to know how the companies will react than a man who knows the business intimately?
The perceived line between expertise and vested interest is extremely thin.
In a brazen after-dinner speech last week, Mr Pai responded to the negative claims by mocking them. He showed a video comedy skit in which he attends a fictional meeting with a Verizon lawyer.
"We want to brainwash and groom a Verizon puppet to install as FCC chairman," the lawyer says to Mr Pai.
"Awesome," he replies.
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They really don’t bother to hide it any more, do they.
For those who want a taste of what internet access is like in a country without net neutrality, this account from the Philipines might prove of interest.
They have this exquisitely convoluted way to utterly confuse people and make decisions terribly hard so you buy what you think you need, discover you were wrong, and have to buy the proper thing at an additional cost. Yet they call these unlimited. Sure, you get 8 gigs and 30 days of access but that 8 gigs gets used up pretty fast if you watch a couple of You Tube videos or download some songs or files. Then WHAM, you're back to 2g or less for the balance unless you trot your little ass to a store and purchase a refresh load so you can finish watching your movie. Dial-up is faster. That 8 gigs is for the entire 30 days and amounts to nothing.
In a follow up Facebook post, he confirmed it’s that bad and worse.
Get ready for the brave new world Pai is preparing to ram through. The net was fun while it lasted.