FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Changes Rules to Make Internet for Low-Income Americans Harder to Obtain

Newly installed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai restricted the scope of a federal program intended to provide internet access to low-income Americans just a week after claiming that closing digital divide would be one of his top priorities.

Regulators are telling nine companies they won't be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers - weeks after those companies had been given the green light.

The move, announced Friday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, reverses a decision by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, and undercuts the companies' ability to provide low-cost Internet access to poorer Americans.

Remember the name Ajit Pai - he'll be ramping up efforts to destroy net neutrality and turn the internet as we know it upside-down.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-fcc-chair-internet-poor-20170203-story.html