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Friday, March 3, 2017
How Net Neutrality Will Fare Under Trump’s FCC - Knowledge @ Wharton
Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission is expected to roll back hard-fought rules on network neutrality — specifically the decision to make broadband as heavily regulated as landline phone service — but it will most likely take an act of Congress to do so, according to Wharton experts. The new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, is a noted critic of regulations on net neutrality — the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally — preferring to rely on competition to put curbs on the industry. Already, he has ended investigations into companies technically in violation of net neutrality because they let their customers stream digital content exempt from their data caps.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-net-neutrality-will-fare-under-trumps-fcc/