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Chairman Pai’s plan to fix net neutrality is the right one

Chairman Pai’s plan to fix net neutrality is the right one

 

By Thomas Lenard
Published in The Hill on April 28, 2017

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is moving rapidly to resolve the net neutrality mess bequeathed to him by his predecessor, a complicated task under the best of circumstances. In addition to its more obvious benefits, however, this effort offers an early opportunity for the FCC to showcase the chairman’s plan to institutionalize the role of economics in agency decision-making. The commission has never subjected any of the “net neutrality” options it has considered over the course of many years to a cost-benefit analysis. In its new notice of proposed rulemaking, the FCC proposes to correct that omission.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/331112-chairman-pais-plan-to-fix-net-neutrality-is-the-right-one


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