Net neutrality was first used and defined as a term in 2002 by Tim Wu in a paper called A Proposal for Net Neutrality. The first FCC work about it was a speech

Net neutrality was first used and defined as a term in 2002 by Tim Wu in a paper called A Proposal for Net Neutrality. The first FCC work about it was a speech by then FCC chairman Michael Powell in February 2004 at the The silicon flat irons where he outlined the four freedoms, which included the right to use whatever application you want, access whatever content you want, and use whatever device you want. In other words net neutrality as a concept that people talked about did not exist in the '90s.