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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that the controversy over the dismantling of federal network neutrality rules is distracting from "the issue of our time" - universal internet access. Chairman Pai dubbed criticism of the administration's position on net neutrality as politically charged "apocalyptic rhetoric." "That kind of misinformation is very pernicious and damaging to a core understanding of what's actually going on here," Chairman Pai said. "It's a complete distraction from the issue of our time."

Gov Rick Snyder (R-MI) announced a plan to expand access to high-speed internet to every Michigan resident.  According to data from Connect Michigan, a partnership working to expand broadband access, there are 381,000 households in the state that lack access to fixed broadband internet, defined as a connection with download speeds of 25 megabits per second and upload speeds of at least 3 megabits per second by the Federal Communications Commission. Another two million households have access to only a single non-satellite internet provider.