FCC's Pai Hits the Road for Broadband

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FCC chairman Ajit Pai will take to the road this week on what is described as a "three-day driving tour" of  Midwestern cities—he is a native Kansan.

According to the FCC, he will be talking with entrepreneurs about the importance of broadband connectivity to the economy.

He has made that connectivity, particularly in rural areas, a focus of his agenda.

Pai will be speaking March 15 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh about "Bringing the Benefits of the Digital Age To All Americans," after which he will begin his tour, which will include Youngstown, Cleveland and Detroit.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.