Trump’s F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules
A contrary view: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2017/01/24/why-is-the-media-smearing-new-fcc-chair-ajit-pai-as-the-enemy-of-net-neutrality/#302a479f4c7f" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2017/01/24/why-is-th...</a><p>I'm not really sure what to think about a lot of this.  What I do believe is:<p>() We need meaningful competition for broadband.  (I live in <i>Silicon Valley</i> and all I can get is Comcast!)<p>() A given company should not be able to be in both the content and connectivity businesses.  If classifying broadband as a utility is the right way to accomplish this, let's keep it; otherwise, let's find a different way.  I'm open to argument about the means, but not so much about the goal.<p>() Laws proscribing localities from setting up their own broadband utilities are unconscionable and need to be gotten rid of.  I don't know if the FCC or even Congress can do this -- these are mostly state laws.<p>I don't know if Ajit Pai is going to bring us any closer to this world or not.