Millions of comments on net neutrality now available from FCC

The FCC’s Open Internet docket has been the most commented upon rulemaking in the agency’s history, with nearly four million submissions so far.

Now, the FCC has made these comments available to the public in searchable electronic format. As the commission says, “These files allowed researchers, journalists, and others to analyze the data so that the public and the FCC itself could discuss and learn from the comments.”

The comments are available in a in a series of zipped XML files. They’re just raw text, but can be searched.

FCC Releases Open Internet Reply Comments to the Public (FCC release, Oct. 22, 2014)

Comments on Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet (FCC ECFS page)