You were asking for Congressional action on this subject, even though it wasn't
necessary? Okay, you're getting it. Even though congressional action should
still not have been necessary.
"The FCC's return in 2017 to the bipartisan, light-touch approach to Internet
regulation has been a success. This time-tested framework has preserved the
free and open Internet."
More of his repeated lies. First, his crooked action did not occur until June
of 2018, not in 2017. Secondly, there has been no jump in investment, compared
with the period 2015-2018, nor any significant expansion into unserved areas.
Third, the Internet's first couple of decades were marked by Title II telephone
line access, which ensured its success. And the FCC went so far as to imply
that the municipal systems, built specifically when the big ISPs are unwilling
to invest in an unserved area, are a threat to "free speech." Too amazing for
words.
Bert
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https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-356459A1.pdf
Media Contact: Tina Pelkey, (202) 418-0536
tina.pelkey@xxxxxxx
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT ON BILL TO RE-IMPOSE HEAVY-HANDED REGULATION OF THE INTERNET
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2019-Tina Pelkey, spokeswoman for Federal Communications
Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, issued the following statement today regarding
the introduction of a bill by Congressional Democrats that would reverse the
FCC's successful policy of encouraging Internet growth and freedom under the
Restoring Internet Freedom Order:
"The FCC's return in 2017 to the bipartisan, light-touch approach to Internet
regulation has been a success. This time-tested framework has preserved the
free and open Internet. It has promoted transparency in order to better inform
consumer choice. It has unleashed private investment, resulting in more fiber
being deployed in 2018 than any year before and download speeds increasing by
an astounding 36%. And it has proven wrong the many hysterical predictions of
doom from 2017, most notably the fantasy that market-based regulation would
bring about 'the end of the Internet as we know it.' The Internet in America
today is free and vibrant, and the main thing it needs to be saved from is
heavy-handed regulation from the 1930s."
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