Ajit Pai on net neutrality: “I favor an open Internet and I oppose Title II”

In a press conference after the Federal Communications Commission meeting, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was asked several times about network neutrality. While Chairman Pai has repeatedly made it clear that he opposes the current rules and wants to overturn them, he has not said whether the commission will continue to enforce all of the rules while they are still in place. When asked by a reporter if the agency will continue to enforce the rules, Chairman Pai pointed out that he and fellow Republican Commissioner Michael O'Rielly already said they wouldn't punish small Internet service providers for violations of the net neutrality order's "enhanced transparency" rules.

The FCC is finalizing an order that will exempt ISPs with 250,000 or fewer subscribers from those truth-in-billing rules and will not enforce them against the small ISPs while they're still in place. But for now, Pai is not saying whether the commission will continue to enforce the core net neutrality rules that prohibit Internet providers from blocking or throttling traffic or giving priority to Web services in exchange for payment.