The rule is to take effect November 20.
Verizon is one company that disagrees with the FCC’s new mandate, calling it an attempt by the government to control the World Wide Web.
"We have said all along that once we see the publication ... we intend to file another notice of appeal," Verizon spokesman Ed McFadden said to MSNBC.
Some public interest groups, such as Free Press, said that the new measure was too weak.
"Even in their watered-down form, the rules might do some good—but that would require a vigilant FCC to carefully monitor and address complaints," said director of public policy Matt Wood to MSNBC.
Other public interest groups were supportive of the 3-2 ruling.
"We are prepared to vigorously defend the FCC's rules in court and in Congress," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, to MSNBC.com. She said the rules are a good start despite not being as strong as she had hoped.
Many Republican lawmakers oppose the rule, saying that if it moves on to President Obama’s desk, they will push his advisors to veto it.
"In order to turn back the FCC's onerous net neutrality restrictions, I will push for a Senate vote this fall on my resolution of disapproval," U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Tex., said in a statement.
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