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> “The United States is simply making a shift from pre-emptive regulation, which foolishly presumes that every last wireless company is an anti-competitive mono

> “The United States is simply making a shift from pre-emptive regulation, which foolishly presumes that every last wireless company is an anti-competitive monopolist” Mr. Pai said So clearly we have no established precedent(1) of this sort of behavior in the past and happening again before our very eyes. Suggesting that these rules were conjured out of hysteria is not only wrong, it's insulting. But that's to be expected from a corporate shill. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System

croon 8y ago
A short summary of events spanning from 2005 up to now: https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/explainers/net-neutrality-violations-brief-history https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/expla...
ep103 8y ago
Corrupt bureaucrat. We're talking about a man who flew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change.
- acdha 8y ago
  Do you have a citation for that? It’s a serious enough charge that it should never be made without one.
  - TaylorAlexander 8y ago
    I googled for it. I believe the other person is referring to the dinner meeting mentioned here: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Met-With-Ajit-Pai-in-Barcelona-Shortly-After-Cohen-Payment-141844 http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Met-With-Ajit-Pai-in-...
  - badkungfu 8y ago
    https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-of-private-meeting-between-fcc-and-att-executive-who-hired-trump-lawyer https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o... "[F]lew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change" seems too strong a claim, but there should be serious questions after AT&T paid Cohen and also got a meeting that was off the record. I don't imagine it actually changed Pai's opinion, but it seems unethical.
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - t3f 8y ago
    From the FOIA [1] done by a NGO [2]. [1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4106241-FCC-Calendars-and-Communications-with-ISPs.html#document/p207/a426454 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4106241-FCC-Calendar... [2] https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-of-private-meeting-between-fcc-and-att-executive-who-hired-trump-lawyer https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o...
- djsumdog 8y ago
  > Corrupt bureaucrat They are synonymous. Make no mistake, they all take favors and give favors. That's how you become a leader and stay a leader.
  - gilrain 8y ago
    The good ones squeeze in a few genuinely public policies to ensure their names look decent in the history books. The bad ones simply double down on controlling the history books.

croon 8y ago

A short summary of events spanning from 2005 up to now: https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/explainers/net-neutrality-violations-brief-history https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/expla...

ep103 8y ago

Corrupt bureaucrat. We're talking about a man who flew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change.

acdha 8y ago
Do you have a citation for that? It’s a serious enough charge that it should never be made without one.
- TaylorAlexander 8y ago
  I googled for it. I believe the other person is referring to the dinner meeting mentioned here: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Met-With-Ajit-Pai-in-Barcelona-Shortly-After-Cohen-Payment-141844 http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Met-With-Ajit-Pai-in-...
- badkungfu 8y ago
  https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-of-private-meeting-between-fcc-and-att-executive-who-hired-trump-lawyer https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o... "[F]lew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change" seems too strong a claim, but there should be serious questions after AT&T paid Cohen and also got a meeting that was off the record. I don't imagine it actually changed Pai's opinion, but it seems unethical.
- deleted 8y ago
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- t3f 8y ago
  From the FOIA [1] done by a NGO [2]. [1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4106241-FCC-Calendars-and-Communications-with-ISPs.html#document/p207/a426454 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4106241-FCC-Calendar... [2] https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-of-private-meeting-between-fcc-and-att-executive-who-hired-trump-lawyer https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o...
djsumdog 8y ago
> Corrupt bureaucrat They are synonymous. Make no mistake, they all take favors and give favors. That's how you become a leader and stay a leader.
- gilrain 8y ago
  The good ones squeeze in a few genuinely public policies to ensure their names look decent in the history books. The bad ones simply double down on controlling the history books.