Words matter. These are the best Ajit Pai Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Whereas robocalls are ever-present, the problem of contraband cellphones in prisons – that is, cellphones illegally being used by inmates – is generally out-of-sight and too easily ignored. But the need for action is just as clear.
Consumers and businesses alike value their ability to keep a phone number when changing providers or relocating. This concept is called ‘number portability.’
We all have an interest in an open Internet.
Broadband Internet access shouldn’t depend on who you are or where you’re from.
Hyperbolic headlines always attract more attention than mundane truths.
Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they’re supposed to help.
Beginning in the Clinton administration, there was, for nearly two decades, a broad bipartisan consensus that the best Internet policy was light-touch regulation – rules that promoted competition and kept the Internet ‘unfettered by federal or state regulation.’ Under this policy, a free and open Internet flourished.
The federal government has no business spending your hard-earned money on a project to monitor political speech on Twitter.
Under the law, the FCC does not have the authority to revoke a license of a broadcast station based on the content of a particular newscast.
It’s vital that low-income Americans have access to communications services, including broadband Internet, which Lifeline helps to achieve.
High-speed Internet access, or broadband, is giving entrepreneurs anywhere an unprecedented chance to disrupt entire industries and transform our country.
As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, I’ve logged more than 5,000 miles driving across the country to see first-hand how digital technologies are unleashing opportunity in U.S. communities and to understand the connectivity challenges many Americans face.
Our rules need to keep pace with current technology so that Americans who use hearing aids can easily use phones.
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the ‘Obamaphone’ program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
Throughout the history of communications, we’ve seen that the country that sets the pace in rolling out each new generation of wireless technology gains an economic edge.
The scourge of unlawful robocalls is technically complex to address, and no single action will get the job done.
Consumers have the right to know important information about the service they are choosing to purchase and/or use.
Regulatory mandates have a disproportionate effect on small businesses.
What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn’t heavy-handed government regulation.
Entrepreneurs are constantly developing new technologies and services. But too often, they’re unable to bring them quickly to market for consumers because regulatory inertia stands in the way. Unfortunately, the FCC can suffer from this government-wide problem.
Overly restrictive regulations not only stifle the private sector; they also ultimately hurt consumers.
As a native of Parsons, Kansas, a small town near the Oklahoma border, I have a deep respect for tribal nations in Oklahoma. But this federal spending in Oklahoma is outrageous. And excessive subsidies have made the state a playground for Lifeline fraud.
Whether it’s police officers, firefighters, first responders, or 911 dispatchers, many dedicated Americans work long hours, and often in difficult conditions, to make sure that when someone’s in need, they can help.
I’m not an IT expert myself.
The FCC has been hard at work doing what we can to help close the digital divide.
President Clinton got it right in 1996 when he established a free-market-based approach to this new thing called the Internet, and the Internet economy we have is a result of his light-touch regulatory vision.
Protecting consumers goes beyond just fighting illicit schemes. It also involves making sure that they get what they pay for. Unfortunately, rural telephone customers aren’t always assured of that.
I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network.
Increasingly, meeting the connectivity needs of all Americans – no matter where you live – means freeing up spectrum to meet the growing demand for wireless broadband.
I’ve talked a lot about the need to promote digital empowerment: to enable any American who wants high-speed Internet access, or broadband, to get it.
I support a free and open Internet.
Giving consumers the power to keep their phone numbers when they switch carriers has been great for consumers and businesses alike.
Bottom line: government shouldn’t be a bottleneck for entrepreneurs looking to design a better mousetrap.
The FCC’s job is not to put a finger in the wind and decide which way the winds are blowing; it’s to look at the facts and make a sober judgment based on what the law is.
Infrastructure investment is critical to closing the digital divide in our country and bringing high-speed Internet access to more rural Americans.
I’m a lawyer by training, of course.
My view is that the Internet should be run by engineers and entrepreneurs, not lawyers and bureaucrats.
For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.
The United States needs modern, flexible, light-touch network regulation, not a one-size-fits-all utility model from the 1930s.
We all agree on the core values of a free and open Internet. We simply may disagree on the appropriate regulatory framework for securing those values. And I would much rather have an open and honest debate about the appropriate regulatory framework as opposed to throwing misinformation out there to achieve political ends.
My own view is that the Internet should be run by technologists and engineers and business people, not by lawyers and bureaucrats here in the nation’s capital.
In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet ‘unfettered by Federal or State regulation.’ The result of that fateful decision was the greatest free-market success story in history.
Light touch regulation means that we create broad regulatory frameworks that can protect consumers to ensure an overall competitive marketplace.
The FCC, under my leadership, will stand for the First Amendment.
