http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/12/08/trump-jokes-verizon-shilling-and-the-end-of-the-internet-ajit-pai-roasts-himself-at-event/ >As attendees of the telecom industry's premier social gathering were escaping the 44-degree chill and entering the Washington Hilton, several dozen net-neutrality protesters chanted outside. Across the street, on an exterior wall of the Courtyard Marriott, the activists projected in giant lettering, "No Slow Lanes. Open & Equal Internet For All." >The annual Federal Communications Bar Association Dinner in Washington and the nearby demonstrations served as a striking visual contrast Thursday night. Inside: Sonoma County wine, shrimp and bacon chowder and stand-up comedy. Outside: handmade signs, earnest pleas and the cold.