Ajit Pai not concerned about number of pro-net neutrality comments

It's obvious to everyone that ripping up Net Neutrality is a deeply unpopular position, to everyone except the industry groups that will hire him as a lobbyist after he leaves the FCC. I sincerely doubt the number of comments on the FCC's website are going to affect his agenda.

Trump's interest in scrapping Net Neutrality is the main thing driving this, and probably the main reason Ajit was appointed to chairman. I did some digging on this during Data Rescue Boston, and Trump's only public comment on this (that I was able to find) makes it clear he doesn't know the difference between Net Neutrality and the Fairness Doctrine. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/53260835850816716...

For those that don't know about this, the Fairness Doctrine was a set of now defunct FCC rules that required broadcasters "to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was — in the Commission's view — honest, equitable, and balanced". The idea was that broadcast frequencies are considered public property licensed to private entities, so the broadcasters should try to be a public good for all Americans rather than becoming a partisan political weapon. IMHO it has almost nothing in common with Net Neutrality.

Couldn't have a more slimey FCC chairman.

Why would he be concerned? He's going to ignore them anyway.