Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTrump-appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who said Monday he will depart the commission on Jan.
20, leaves behind a controversial legacy: He’s regarded as either an exemplary change agent or an ideologue who forfeited consumer interests for commercial ones.To cable, telecommunications and consumer-electronics companies, Pai has been a model of transparency and a champion of free markets who cut away outdated regulations and laid the groundwork for the expansion of broadband to millions of Americans.To critics, Pai’s four years atop the FCC marked a failure to uphold the agency’s mandate.
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