mihen :
Freedom = more regulation? Your logic falls short on me.
The FCCs mission is quite simple. To regulate RF in order to prevent interference. Pai has an incredibly simple method for getting more competition. Reduce the barriers to competition at the federal level and leave regulatory burden to the departments that were meant to handle it.
Killing off net neutrality won't create competition. In my area, we peaked at 25mb/s prior to net neutrality. Since the introduction of net neutrality rules, we've gone from 25mb/s to 700mb/s (falsely advertised as Gigabit internet). Since most areas seem to have laws limiting the number of services that can share a pole, allowing ISPs complete, unregulated control of the internet is harmful to consumers. AT&T and Comcast had already made it known that they intended to charge content providers for access to their customers, as well as charging their own customers an additional fee for access to competing content providers. Since there is no competition, consumers will get screwed. This seems to be the agenda for the current administration.
Proper regulation pushes competition. Deregulation of an industry that has already expressed a desire to abuse it's position, results in consumer abuse, as has been a stated desire of ISPs.
Now, please show me 1 example of deregulation driving competition..... The automotive industry is among the most regulated industries in the US. As new regulations are pushed, competition increases.