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Why Net Neutrality Isn’t Dead Yet

The Week Ahead, Episode 83

Ajit Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Ajit Pai, Chairman of Federal Communications Commission (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Internet service providers say they’d like Congress to pass a law mandating net neutrality now that the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the rule requiring them to abide by it. But the providers also want Congress to exempt them from broader FCC regulation, says Rick Boucher, a former Democratic representative who now works for the industry. CQ reporter Alan Ota says such a measure faces a tough road on Capitol Hill.

 

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