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Ajit Pai faces heat over proposal to take away poor people’s broadband plans
- godzillabrennus 9y agoI'm surprised he hasn't already tried to shop an investment in the FCC led by Verizon and Comcast. Obviously it'd be better if taxpayers didn't have to foot the bill for an agency they already own.
- joemaller1 9y agoUselessly partisan title.
- joemaller1 9y agoThanks for the downvotes, the article permalink and first paragraph pretty much confirm it though.
- Mononokay 9y agoHow, exactly, is it partisan? You could argue that he in himself is a Republican stereotype, given his actions, but that in itself doesn't make it partisan. Are you saying that taking away subsidized broadband plans for the poor is a partisan thing? If so that doesn't portray the Republicans in a good light at all.
- DrScump 9y agoAre you aware that Pai was originally appointed to the FCC by Obama?
- chc 9y agoIf there is a factual problem here or a word choice you think would be more accurate, offering that would be useful. Do you have any corrections like that? As it is, the title seems to be an accurate description of the story, and your complaint of partisanship just seems to mean that they aren't putting in any effort to defend a plan that looks bad when described neutrally.
- jcoffland 9y ago> Pai claimed that kicking resellers out of the program would spur facilities-based carriers to invest in their broadband networks. Where does the FCC get the idea that they can manipulate the market for economic reasons? This is completely beyond their purview.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoI would think that getting carriers to invest in their broadband networks reasonably could be part of the FCC's job.
- jcoffland 9y agoFCC has no business meddling in the operation of businesses. Their mandate is to regulate the airwaves not decide what's the best strategy for broadband carriers.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoBy that logic, they never had the right to interfere with broadband. They're the Federal Communications Commission, not the Federal Airwaves Commission.
- DrScump 9y agoUsing the statistics in the article, the subsidy currently goes to 16% of all households (even assuming all have computers), so it's not highly targeted as is. Also, cutting out these artificial middleman resellers could result in savings that exceed the subsidy.