Well you're right: maybe Pai doesn't hate consumers (though if we treat him as honest, he's dim enough to inadvertently be anti-consumer[0]), and he has very di

Well you're right: maybe Pai doesn't hate consumers (though if we treat him as honest, he's dim enough to inadvertently be anti-consumer[0]), and he has very different views about how to drive innovation.[1] But it's about increasing investment and profitability for large ISPs through some of their more despised ideas that the net neutrality rules tried to preempt: expensive peering, paid speedups, and tiered access for consumers.[2] All of these things are very bad for tech startups and tech-savvy consumers. You're not going to find much sympathy for those ideas 'round these parts, or really anywhere outside Comcast's boardroom. [0] https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150116/10495129722/fcc-commissioner-pai-continues-his-strange-somewhat-incoherent-assault-netflix.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/2015011... [1] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db1219/DOC-342677A1.pdf http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016... [2] http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/23/new-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-no-net-neutrality-fan/96967372/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/23/new-fcc-c...