Cable lobbyist Michael Powell criticized the FCC during an INTX 2016 keynote in Boston this week regarding what he described as a “relentless regulatory assault” on the industry, unprovoked by the cable industry, that has led to “thundering, tectonic shifts that have crumbled decades of settled law and policy,” reports Ars Technica. “What has been so distressing is that much of this regulatory ordinance has been launched without provocation,” said Powell, CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and former FCC chairman. “We increasingly are saddled with heavy rules without any compelling evidence of harm to consumers or competitors.”