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Ajit Pai to Become New Head of the FCC

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

takyon writes:

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 Sunday January 22 2017, @05:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 22 2017, @05:31PM (#457384)

    Gads you are such a corporate tool!

    "Netflix offloads their burden" haha what exactly do you think the business model of an ISP is? I seem to recall its something about transferring data the customer wants.... Telecoms have made more money than ever and you want to complain? You ant to allow them to nickel and dime customers even more? Fuck you you fascist fuck.