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More Than 40 ISPs Across the Country Tell Chairman Pai to Not Repeal Network Neutrality (eff.org)

Posted by msmash on from the enough-is-enough dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: One excuse FCC Chairman Ajit Pai regularly offers to explain his effort to gut net neutrality protections is the claim that open Internet rules have harmed ISPs, especially small ones. During a speech earlier this year, he stressed that 22 small ISPs told him that the 2015 Open Internet Order hurt their ability to invest and deploy. In reality, though, many more ISPs feel very differently. Today, more than 40 ISPs told the FCC that they have had no problem with the Open Internet Order (PDF) and that it hasn't hurt their ability to develop and expand their networks. What is more, that they want the FCC to do its job and address the problem Congress created when it repealed the broadband privacy rules in March.

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  1. Re:God Damned Clickbait Headline... by Desler · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course not, that's why the letter also says:

    We wish to further express our opposition to the proposed plans to reverse course and again undergo another reclassification of broadband back into an information service

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  2. Pai is full of BS by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Pai said this back in May: "Just last week, we heard from 22 small ISPs, companies that nobody has ever heard of in towns very few people will ever visit, and what they told us is, look, we are being inhibited." As far as I know, Pai has never named the ISPs nor shared the communications. Whereas this week 40 ISPs through the EFF signed a letter stating the opposite. I'll let you decide who is not telling the whole truth.

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    1. Re:Pai is full of BS by UnknowingFool · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Communication with the FCC should be public record especially when the ISPs are discussing legislation and regulation. Why hasn't Pai disclosed the names? Also Pai failed to disclose how many ISPs were in favor of Net Neutrality. The fact that 40 of them went as far as to sign a public letter about their stance says more.

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  3. Re:Boom goes the dynamite by Desler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except these companies don't have high-paid lobbyists so he's unlikely to care.

  4. Pai is completely, totally bought by ZorinLynx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look at his record of the things he's done so far. ALL of them favor big ISPs, and NONE of them favor the consumer.

    The man is completely bought. He has absolutely no business heading the FCC, which is all about regulating communications and the PUBLIC airwaves.

    I don't understand why so many people in this country, especially those who aren't wealthy, continue to support politicians that not only don't work for the people, but are so BLATANTLY and OBVIOUSLY corrupted by big corporate money and influence.

  5. Re:Boom goes the dynamite by rudy_wayne · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except these companies don't have high-paid lobbyists so he's unlikely to care.

    Net Neutrality hurts the big corporate overlords such as Comcast and Mr. Pai's former employer, Verizon, and that is the only thing that matters.

    He, and his Republican Commrades, had already made up their minds about this before he was appointed chairman of the FCC. Anyone who thinks this will have any impact on his decision is completely delusional.