Ajit Pai defends decision to revoke low-cost broadband designations

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today defended a new decision that prevents nine ISPs from using a federal program to sell subsidized broadband to poor people.

In a blog post titled “Setting the Record Straight on the Digital Divide,” Pai said that Friday’s decision regarding the Lifeline program doesn’t mean he is abandoning his promise to close the gap between people who have access to “cutting-edge communications services and those who do not.”