NCTA Open to Enforceable, Reasonable Open Internet Protections, Powell Tells Pai
The cable industry "remains open to enforceable and reasonable open Internet protections but stressed its continued opposition to the regulation of broadband Internet access service under Title II of the Communications Act," said an NCTA filing posted Wednesday in docket…
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14-28 on a meeting its president, Michael Powell, had with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and an aide. "Mr. Powell noted that broadband ISPs have provided consumers with a free and open Internet for the past two decades and that, until 2015, broadband had been classified as a Title I 'information service' by Democratic and Republican Administrations alike. Mr. Powell explained that Title I’s light regulatory touch had been critical to broadband ISPs’ ability to innovate, attract capital and make the massive investments necessary to constantly expand the reach and capabilities of their networks."