The FCC is conducting investigations as to why certain sites traffic has been slowed down, which will include investigation into Netflix. Net Neutrality is possibly the most boring, and most important topic in the country, so here is the short version. 

Internet Service Providers, or ISP's, like Verizon and Comcast, really want to charge certain content producers,like Netflix, more for the internet. As of right now, this is illegal, though Verizon and Comcast have spent millions trying to lobby for a change in the law in their favor. Netflix, which eats up 30 percent of peak hours bandwidth, has alleged that these ISP's are deliberately slowing down their content to negotiate for a better deal with Netflix. ISP's want Netflix to pay for this bandwidth. 

Netflix has publicly denounced these ISPs for extracting fees from content producers and intermediate distributors for faster delivery of data. Their position is that consumers pay for broadband connection already, and that by artificially slowing down their speeds, they are not giving consumers the service they have paid for. This issue differs from net neutrality, in that net neutrality involves everyone's access to the internet, and this involves contracts made between Netflix and Verizon, for direct access to their network. Contracts Netflix has accused both Verizon and Comcast of breaking. 

The FCC said that that this investigation is not directly related to net neutrality. Netflix has requested that ISP's be required to provide the type of interconnection currently negotiated through peering agreements at no cost. 

Specifically, the FCC will take a close look at Netflix's interconnection agreements, deals the company struck with Comcast and Verizon that allow Netflix to transmit its content directly to ISPs without having to go through any intermediaries. 

 FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is determined to get to the bottom of the issue. "I have experienced these problems myself and know how exasperating it can be," Wheeler said in an offical document "The bottom line is that consumers need to understand what is occurring when the Internet service they've paid for does not adequately deliver the content they desire."

Netflix will continue paying ISPs for directly accessing the broadband network in the short term.