The leaked FCC "hybrid" net neutrality plan is not going down well with public advocacy groups, due to the fact broadband will not be classified similar to telephone networks as a Title II "common carrier"

This essentially means the broadband networks still have the ability to set up fast lanes, to charge developers and publishers more to have their content accessed. This would be the first time broadband services have targeted the publisher, not the customer, for higher-rates.

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Netflix is already forking out money to all the major ISPs in order to maintain service. The Internet TV service was forced to pay the ISPs after they started dropping speeds on their network, making the Netflix experience slow and laggy.

This is all behind the scenes at the moment, but if the FCC doesn't classify broadband under Title II common carrier, service providers may be able to set up data carrying websites, where the publisher pays the broadband service to deliver Internet at a certain speed.

In order to stop this from happening, Battle of the Net and other organizations focused on net neutrality are preparing to protest, similar to the Hungarian protests over the "Internet tax" to make their governments and agencies understand Title II classification is all they will accept.

There will be protests throughout the U.S. both online and offline, in order to make the campaign more than sending mails and phoning the FCC. These protests have worked before, but like Occupy Wall Street, sometimes end up achieving nothing more than an awareness campaign.

Internet service providers Verizon and AT&T have already said they will challenge FCC in court if classification under Title II is unveiled in their net neutrality plan. This might be part of the reason why the FCC has not added this to their net neutrality plan, although Chairman Tom Wheeler has said he is interested in Title II.

TagsFCC, Net Neutrality, Battle for the Net, U.S. Internet