On November 15, the will vote on rules to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination. The FCC has created an easy Fact Sheet and a more complete version for more information. Here’s the overview from that sheet…

Chairwoman Rosenworcel is proposing final rules to prevent discrimination in access to broadband services based on income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, and national origin. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the FCC is required to take steps to ensure that all
Americans have equal access to broadband services and without discrimination based on the characteristics listed in the statute.

And here is how it could help consumers…

Under these rules, the FCC could protect consumers by:

• Directly addressing companies’ policies and practices if they differentially impact
  consumers’ access to broadband internet access service or are intended to do so;
• Apply these protections to ensure communities see equitable broadband deployment, network upgrades, and maintenance;
• Investigate possible instances of discrimination of broadband access, work to solve and – when necessary – penalize companies for failing to meet the obligations defined in the rules;
• Review consumer complaints of digital discrimination through an improved consumer complaint portal;
• Help protect both current and prospective subscribers to a broadband internet service.