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FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai called for a 21st century communications...

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai called for a 21st century communications infrastructure that can support the U.S.’s transition to all-Internet Protocol networks. He was in the Kansas City area Wednesday to see Google’s high-speed fiber project firsthand (CD Sept 5 p8),…

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and to determine how to apply lessons there more broadly, he said. “It is critically important that states and local communities adopt broadband-friendly policies when it comes to rights-of-way management,” he said (http://xrl.us/bnoiw4). “To enable the nationwide deployment of next-generation networks like Google Fiber, we need to eliminate regulatory barriers to innovation and investment at all levels of government. Whether we are dealing with economic regulation or rights-of-way management, we cannot apply 20th century approaches to our 21st century challenges."