Outgoing FCC Chairman Warns Republicans Against Overturning Net Neutrality

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Outgoing FCC Chairman Warns Republicans Against Overturning Net Neutrality

By CircleID Reporter
January 21, 2017, 6:51 pm PST Views: 6,938 Add Comment

“Outgoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler warned Republicans against dismantling the Obama administration’s landmark ‘net neutrality’ protections.” David Shepardson reporting in Reuters: “These are serious things,” said Wheeler, who steps down Friday as Republican Donald Trump replaces Democrat Barack Obama as president. “People have made business decisions based on the expectation of an open internet and to take that away in order to favor half a dozen companies just seems to be a shocking decision. ... “Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, who is expected to be named acting chairman by Trump as early as Friday, said in December he thought net neutrality’s days were numbered.”

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