Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | jangeltun) Ajit Pai can usually count on support from broadband industry lobbyists and conservative think tanks each time he announces a new policy. But Pai’s proposal to limit broadband choices for poor people who rely on a telecom subsidy program is coming under fire from all directions. Pai, the Federal […]
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Ajit Pai won’t get his gun—FCC chair rejects NRA award after ethics review
Enlarge / Net neutrality supporter holds a sign outside FCC on Dec. 14, 2017, before vote to repeal net neutrality rules. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will not take possession of the Kentucky handmade long gun that the National Rifle Association (NRA) tried to give him when he won […]
Ajit Pai accused of violating ethics rules by getting NRA “courage” award
Enlarge / FCC members (L-R) Brendan Carr, Michael O’Rielly, and Chairman Ajit Pai participate in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23, 2018 in Maryland. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla ) Two Republican members of the Federal Communications Commission face accusations that they violated government ethics rules during appearances at […]
NRA gives Ajit Pai “courage award” and gun for “saving the Internet”
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 23, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland. Pai was given the ‘Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award’ by the National Rifle Association at the conference. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla) The National Rifle Association (NRA) today gave its Charlton Heston Courage […]
Ajit Pai’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People
Opinion: Gutting the FCC’s Lifeline program undermines the most vulnerable Americans. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8c9b9cf6b8e47907fd89a9/master/pass/AjitPai-InternetPlan.jpg
Here’s Ajit Pai’s “proof” that killing net neutrality created more broadband
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks to the media after the vote to repeal net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Alex Wong ) Ajit Pai had a dilemma when overseeing the creation of the Federal Communications Commission’s new Broadband Deployment Report. Anyone who is familiar with the FCC chairman’s […]
FCC chairman Ajit Pai: Government-run 5G network would be ‘costly and counterproductive’
Following disclosure of a National Security Council proposal that the U.S. government build and operate America’s 5G wireless network, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today issued a statement strongly opposing the idea, deeming it “costly and counterproductive.” The public clash of perspectives — one focused on security, the other on speed — suggest that U.S. agencies are […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cancels appearance at CES
If you were hoping FCC Chairman Ajit Pai would answer for some of his policy decisions with his presence at CES… well, you’ll be disappointed. The Consumer Technology Association has issued a brief statement saying that Pai is “unable to attend” CES 2018, where he was slated to participate in a “candid conversation” on January […]
Ajit Pai’s FCC is still editing the net neutrality repeal order
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Daniel Grill) The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality rules on December 14, but the FCC is still making edits to the repeal order and hasn’t released the final version. The final order should be similar to the draft released by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai three weeks before the […]
Ajit Pai offers no data for latest claim that net neutrality hurt small ISPs
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | olm26250) With days to go before his repeal of net neutrality rules, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a press release about five small ISPs that he says were harmed by the rules. Pai “held a series of telephone calls with small Internet service providers across the country—from Oklahoma to Ohio, from […]