US Internet rule change leaves major streaming companies unscathed for now

The US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday repealed its own 2015 rules, known as net neutrality.

SAN FRANCISCO: Behind your video stream of a hit like Stranger Things is a complicated array of technology and business relationships that will not change very much, at least in the short term, as a result of this week's repeal of US regulations on Internet traffic, industry insiders say. 

The US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday repealed its own 2015 rules, known as net neutrality, that required Internet service providers like Comcast Corp to treat all online content equally, barring high-speed toll lanes and any preferential treatment of one website over another.