The FCC’s argument for repealing net neutrality is based on an assertion that investment in broadband has decreased. But the data doesn’t back up that claim. The FCC will vote on a repeal of its net neutrality rules December 14.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has argued that the rules need to be repealed because they’ve caused a decline in broadband investment.
But Pai’s own data doesn’t back up this assertion.
Ajit Pai says the Federal Communications Commission needs to ditch its net neutrality rules because they’re hindering investment.
The rules the agency put in place in 2015 bar broadband providers from blocking, throttling, or offering preferential treatment to particular sites or services. Hampered by those rules, broadband companies are cutting back on investing in things like expanding their services to new customers or upgrading their networks, Pai, the FCC chairman, argues.
Tech: There’s a big math problem with the FCC chairman’s main argument for repealing net neutrality
