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by Animats 3496 days ago
Probably.

Trump has announced two appointments to the FCC, Jeffrey Eisenach and Mark Jamison.[1] Eisenach has a paper arguing that ISP's should not be subject to any antitrust regulation.[2] Mark Jameson wants to abolish the FCC.[3] "Telecommunications network providers and ISPs are rarely, if ever, monopolies", he's written.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/22/obama-net...

[2] https://www.aei.org/publication/broadband-competition-in-the...

[3] http://www.techpolicydaily.com/communications/do-we-need-the...