Fwd: Why Ajit Pai is right

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby () henkel-wallace org>
Date: Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 1:10 PM
Subject: Why Ajit Pai is right
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>


This is a good and thoughtful essay about the shift of Internet regulation
from FCC to FTC.  I think Thompson is quite naive about the dangers of Zero
Rating (and its example in the US with T-Mobile and Youtube), but this is
worth a read.


https://stratechery.com/2017/why-ajit-pai-is-right/


"Last week Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai circulated
a draft order
<https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-restore-internet-freedom>
 that would undo the 2015 reclassification of Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) <https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-open-internet-order> from
what are known as “Title I information services” to “Title II
telecommunication providers”; Title II of the Telecommunications Act,
originally developed to regulate the AT&T monopoly, gives the FCC broad
ability to regulate “common carriers” as utilities. Title I, on the other
hand, hands off regulatory oversight to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

"The net effect of this reclassification would be the elimination of FCC
rules restricting the ability of ISPs to block or throttle sites or apps or
offer paid prioritization of any Internet content. That is certainly a
worthy goal! Who could possibly be in favor of ISPs picking-and-choosing
what sites you can visit based on what you are willing to pay? Do we really
want to be like Portugal?

"There’s just one problem with the tweet I embedded above: Portugal uses
Euros, and the language is Portuguese; the tweet above has dollars and
English. The image is completely made-up."



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