FCC commissioner: If you like your current service plan, you should be able to keep it

Echoing President Obama's now-infamous "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor" claim, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai — who opposed the net neutrality rules that passed yesterday — said, "If you like your current [wireless] service plan, you should be able to keep your current service plan. The FCC shouldn't take it away from you."

While Pai's statement jabs at Obama, it also expresses a real concern over the FCC's new regulatory ability in regards to "zero-rated" content. As NPR explains, this is when "your wireless provider promises not to count one app or group of apps against your monthly data cap;" T-Mobile's "Music Freedom" plan is an example.

Under the new rules, the FCC will approve or shut down similar mobile plans on a case-by-case basis. Pai argues that consumers should instead decide which plans survive.

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