Forbes
One simply cannot expect carriers to invest tens of billions of dollars in broadband deployments when they don’t know which regulatory aspects of Title II are going to be implemented by the FCC from time to time.
Huffington Post
Enough is enough. Activists organizing against Chairman Pai’s rules, who argue for Net Neutrality, should demand Congress take this fight into its own hands and protect an open internet with bipartisan legislation.
Washington Examiner
The reality is that both sides of the net neutrality debate agree on 90 percent of the same core principles of an open Internet.
Bloomberg BNA
Without Congressional intervention, net neutrality policy will continue in an endless back-and-forth. Every party change at the White House will produce an FCC that shifts net neutrality rules to its favored terms.
Huffington Post
If we are serious about speeding broadband deployment, the FCC has to get into the nitty-gritty questions about access to poles, equipment, contractors, how long the process should take, how providers should be compensated, and similar issues.
The Hill
Just as in 1974, when a window existed for bipartisan approval of a sweeping healthcare reform, today’s Congress has an equally promising opportunity to pass legislation putting the net neutrality debate to rest.
Forbes
Originally appointed to the commission by President Obama, Pai is everything that many critics claim Trump nominees should be more of.
Morning Consult
After 12 years, it’s time to end the special access show. It didn’t last quite as long as the Broadway hit “The Fantasticks,” but then again, it was nowhere near as enjoyable.
Bloomberg BNA
With longstanding expertise in internet privacy, the FTC is better equipped than the FCC to oversee privacy requirements for both ISPs and edge providers.
Axios
Perhaps the greatest broadband bang for the buck can be realized by reforming business taxes.