Pai is expected to announce that he will begin the process of taking public comment to repeal the rules approved by the FCC under President Barack Obama in early 2015.
WASHINGTON: The head of the Federal Communications Commission on April 27 released a 58-page draft plan to reverse the landmark 2015 "net neutrality" order and disclosed the agency may withdraw "bright line" rules barring Internet companies from blocking, throttling or giving "fast lanes" to some websites.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, named by Trump in January, disclosed his intent April 26 to repeal the Obama era rules that reclassified Internet service and tightly regulated providers as if they were utilities.
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