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US Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) chairman Ajit Pai spoke in
Pittsburgh on 15
th
March on the topic of
“Bringing the benefits of the digital age
to all Americans,” and laying out his four
leading policy principles.
Explaining his emphasis on the importance
of digital empowerment, the need for
ubiquitous Internet access, the power
of competitive free markets, and for
“light touch” regulation, the chairman
particularly focused on the necessity for
government regulation not to stand in the
way of innovation.
He cited his creation of the Broadband
Deployment Advisory Committee as a
key first step in laying out best regulatory
practices, and used a pending visit to
Detroit to illustrate how local government
regulation had threatened to slow roll
deployment.
Pai also called for any infrastructure
broadbandfundingtobedirectedthrough
the FCC as the agency best equipped to
handle the efficient allocation of funds to
the communities that need it most.
These are all issues in which the FTTH
Council is actively engaged, and the
council is looking forward to continuing to
work with the FCC.
Connecting over
connectivity
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