Clyburn Says Pai 2015 Net Neutrality Claims 'False'; Carr, AT&T Dispute Order Will Kill Internet
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said Chairman Ajit Pai was wrong in many predictions about the 2015 net neutrality order. As a commissioner, Pai predicted courts would reverse the Democratic majority's open internet decisions, and the order would lead to regulation…
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of broadband pricing and plans, when none of that has occurred, Clyburn said Thursday "debunking" various Pai claims as "false." A Pai spokeswoman didn't comment. Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr in a Washington Post opinion piece responded to criticism of the draft order to undo Title II regulation: "Mad Max Fans, this is no Thunderdome. The FCC is not killing the Internet." AT&T Senior Executive Vice President Bob Quinn offered a similar view in a blog titled, "Reports of the Internet's Impending Death are Grossly Exaggerated." CTIA Vice President Scott Bergmann blogged the draft is "good news" for wireless consumers, as its members will be able to "get back to doing what they do best: delivering what their consumers want: an open internet that meets their needs." Free Press said people are protesting Pai's plan "to kill net neutrality" in Congress, at the FCC and at Verizon stores, with 600,000 people using BattlefortheNet.com's tool to call lawmakers.