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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 21 2017, @01:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the here-we-go dept.

Several news sites are reporting that Donald Trump is looking to elevate Ajit Pai to head up the FCC:

Ajit Pai, a Republican Federal Communications Commission member and foe of net neutrality regulation, will be named to head the agency, according to a person familiar with the transition.

Pai has often dissented as FCC Democrats voted for tighter regulations, including the 2015 open internet, or net neutrality, decision that forbids internet service providers from unfairly blocking or slowing web traffic. The rule opposed by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. is among those likely to be reversed by president Donald Trump's FCC, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts.

Additional information at Politico and Reuters.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:17PM (#456972)

    I like to remind you, we said that about tom wheeler. Look what he gave us.
    Lets just judge the person by their actions IN the office rather than succumbing to the 'the sky is falling' mentality of the news outlets that backed clinton.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:28PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:28PM (#456974) Journal
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 21 2017, @08:04PM (#457077)

    You have a situation here where you are elevating a guy on the FCC board, and one who has been at odds with the other board members as well as the FCC Chair. You know exactly what you're getting here. The only way he "walks it back" is if Trump tells him to, but don't expect that since Trump was the one who picked him.