>What Pai is saying is deal with specific bad behaviors as they arise instead of building an encyclopedia of rapidly dated laws against many actions
What evidence do we have that the US Government will do this? What mechanism has Pai proposed we put in place to ensure that we address them?
It's true that I don't understand his position. And that is a fundamental failure of Pai and his team. A failure to properly explain to the American internet-going public the benefit of his position beyond "it isn't our job to police the Internet." Sorry to reduce his stance to a meme, and one that might not even accurately encapsulate his positions, but I'm a reasonably well informed individual and all I can see is higher prices for Internet ahead.
> What evidence do we have that the US Government will do this?
They tend to be quite reactionary (to our detriment in many cases). I don't necessarily agree with Pai, but many of his ilk can point to preemptive restrictive regulations as bad.
If there is a side effect, it might just be that those clamoring for unrestricted internet access force their municipalities (and states) to publicly commoditize ISPs. But yes, you are more likely to see a "internet basic package" come through at a lower price at first.
>If there is a side effect, it might just be that those clamoring for unrestricted internet access force their municipalities (and states) to publicly commoditize ISPs.
Force them? Here's an example of his ilk pre-empting that:
What evidence do we have that the US Government will do this? What mechanism has Pai proposed we put in place to ensure that we address them?
It's true that I don't understand his position. And that is a fundamental failure of Pai and his team. A failure to properly explain to the American internet-going public the benefit of his position beyond "it isn't our job to police the Internet." Sorry to reduce his stance to a meme, and one that might not even accurately encapsulate his positions, but I'm a reasonably well informed individual and all I can see is higher prices for Internet ahead.