The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is attempting to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules, a new report says.
Chairman Ajit Pai is expected to unveil his plan to fellow commissioners on Tuesday for overhauling the regulations, which reclassified internet service providers as telecommunications companies and mandated they treat web traffic uniformly, Politico reported Monday.
Pai’s plan would discard rules that restrict ISPs from blocking or slowing web traffic or establishing supposed paid internet fast lanes. Additionally, Pai plans to cut the legal foundation implemented in 2015 to increase federal oversight of ISPs amid concern the foundation prevented the industry from investing in broadband networks.
Additionally, internet providers have expressed concern that without scrapping the legal foundation, the government would potentially regulate the price of internet service.
The FCC is expected to vote on the proposal in December, after the FCC opened a comment period on the proposal to slash the regulations following criticism for the original proposal in May.
