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</picture> </span> <span class="e-image__meta"> <cite>Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images</cite> </span> </figure> <div class="c-entry-content"> <p id="vXAWcA">U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler announced this morning that he will leave the agency on Jan. 20 when President-elect Trump is inaugurated. </p> <p id="KDrJV5">Wheeler’s departure likely spells the end of network neutrality, a set of rules the FCC adopted under Wheeler’s leadership in 2015 which prevent internet providers like Comcast* and Verizon from charging websites like Netflix and Twitter a fee to reach internet users at faster speeds. </p> <p id="Dr7QyQ">Wheeler is <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/12/12/13919952/net-neutrality-fcc-rosenworcel-trump-senate">the second Democratic FCC commissioner to leave the agency</a> in the past week. Last Friday, the Senate failed to reconfirm Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. </p> <p id="DNReZY">Until the incoming Trump administration picks a new chairman and a new commissioner, the FCC will be led by two Republicans, Ajit Pai and Michael O'Rielly, and one Democrat, Mignon Clyburn.</p> <div class="m-ad m-ad__mobile_article_body"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-mobile_article_body" class="dfp_ad" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=mobile_article_body" data-cb-ad-id="Mobile article body"> </div> </div> <p id="uugshU">Next year, Trump will appoint a new Republican chairman. Considering who Trump has on hand to advise the FCC transition and <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/11/9/13570340/trump-president-policy-regulation-net-neutrality-fcc">Trump’s own opposition to network neutrality</a>, the new agency chief is expected to roll back the 2015 rules. </p> <p id="Iv4b9U">Without network neutrality, smaller or new online businesses that can’t afford to pay for a faster service tier — especially if websites that are already extremely profitable, like Facebook, get to set the price — would load slower, likely causing users to navigate away to a faster-loading site.</p> <p id="vaBTJr">Yet the large, incumbent websites that would be able to afford to pay internet providers for faster speeds supported network neutrality, too.</p> <div class="m-ad m-ad__native_ad_mobile"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-native_ad_mobile" class="dfp_ad" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=native_ad_mobile" data-cb-ad-id="Native ad mobile"> </div> </div> <p id="9fAtwc">Netflix <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/06/15/netflix-net-neutrality/">poured millions</a> into the campaign to urge the FCC to pass the regulations, and others like Facebook, Google and KickStarter all also vocally supported network neutrality protections. </p> <p id="uAPaw1">Verizon, AT&T and Comcast, on the other hand, were all opposed to the network neutrality regulations and are likely to now get their way. </p> <p id="c1ODq6">Shortly after the election, Trump named <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/11/21/13700510/trump-fcc-transition-net-neutrality-broadban-subsidies">Jeff Eisenach and Mark Jamison to help advise his FCC </a>transition, both fierce opponents of network neutrality. Then two weeks ago, Trump added Roslyn Layton to his his FCC advisory team, too. </p> <p id="vvMvCz">Layton likewise advocated against the network neutrality rules and is<a href="https://www.aei.org/publication/evaluating-the-consequences-of-zero-rating-guidance-for-regulators-and-adjudicators/"> a fan of zero-rating</a>, which is when internet providers privilege certain websites and content by not counting them against your data use. 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