Ajit Pai, the commissioner at the time, was an ex-Verizon executive appointed by a corporate-friendly President. The agency itself had nothing to gain, per se.

Ajit Pai, the commissioner at the time, was an ex-Verizon executive appointed by a corporate-friendly President. The agency itself had nothing to gain, per se. Nor lose, really. There is a fair bit of speculation about who gained from its decisions during Pai's tenure and why.