Ajit Pai

No one seriously believes that unlocking a cellphone to switch carriers is equivalent to piracy. ”

In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet 'unfettered by Federal or State regulation.' The result of that fateful decision was the greatest free-market success story in history. ”

The United States needs modern, flexible, light-touch network regulation, not a one-size-fits-all utility model from the 1930s. ”

Light touch regulation means that we create broad regulatory frameworks that can protect consumers to ensure an overall competitive marketplace. ”

Overly restrictive regulations not only stifle the private sector; they also ultimately hurt consumers. ”

Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help. ”

I'm a lawyer by training, of course. ”

To realize the promise of 5G, we will need smart networks, not dumb pipes. Dumb pipes won't deliver smart cities. Dumb pipes won't enable millions of connected, self-driving cars to navigate the roads safely at the same time. ”

I'll never forget the first time I heard Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Partita in E Major' for violin. It was in a late-1980s television commercial, of all things. As a young violinist at the time, it enchanted me - it was so pure, precise, and unadorned. ”

My view is that the Internet should be run by engineers and entrepreneurs, not lawyers and bureaucrats. ”