Seeing Net Neutrality coming through makes me think back to John Oliver's Last Week Tonightepisode that brought major attention to the issue. I wonder how much of an effect it had in the ruling, ultimately.
Good question! The Christian Science Monitor put out an article yesterday that asks the same thing.
I for one didn't know anything about the FCC's call for comments until Oliver put it on his show. I remember the load being so high on the call for comments page that it crashed for a good while.
The Verge got access to some internal employee emails through the Freedom of Information act that contain employee reactions of the Oliver ordeal.