FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality Rules on April 25

Raza Panjwani, OTI Senior Policy Counsel, was quoted in a StateScoop piece about the FCC's upcoming vote to restore net neutrality.

Since the commission indicated that it will be voting on net neutrality, several groups have come out to issue their support to reinstate the protections, including the Open Technology Institute, a technology program run by the Washington think tank New America Foundation.

“By restoring the rules upheld by the DC Circuit, the FCC is laying a strong foundation and can finally address a range of issues, from the security of our network performance to resilience reporting,” Raza Panjwani, a senior policy counsel with OTI, said in a statement.

Panjwani noted that there’s a potential to reinstate net neutrality at the same time the federal government is investing billions of dollars through the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment program.

“It only makes sense to also ensure every American is getting the full, open internet without interference from their [internet service providers],” he said.