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Background: Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the application of Verizon, Comcast, and other cable companies to transfer spectrum, cross-market each other’s products and establish a Joint Operating Entity to develop and control new technology. Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a proposed settlement with the same companies, subject to a number of conditions designed to limit the anticompetitive effects of the agreements.
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“Now that it has blessed agreements that turn former competitors into allies, the FCC must recognize that the facilities-based wired broadband competition policy has failed to keep prices low, encourage broadband build-out, and protect consumers. Particularly in light of the FCC's recent Broadband Progress Report, finding that broadband is not being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion, the FCC must now seriously pursue new policies to stimulate competition in wireline internet access service--or resign itself to regulating a broadband monopoly.
“The Order's data roaming and build-out conditions on Verizon's spectrum purchase may mitigate some of the problems created by recent spectrum aggregation by Verizon and AT&T, but the effectiveness of these conditions will depend on how rigorously they are enforced. The FCC must actively ensure that Verizon complies with these conditions to encourage competition in the wireless space.
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“Now that it has blessed agreements that turn former competitors into allies, the FCC must recognize that the facilities-based wired broadband competition policy has failed to keep prices low, encourage broadband build-out, and protect consumers. Particularly in light of the FCC's recent Broadband Progress Report, finding that broadband is not being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion, the FCC must now seriously pursue new policies to stimulate competition in wireline internet access service--or resign itself to regulating a broadband monopoly.
“The Order's data roaming and build-out conditions on Verizon's spectrum purchase may mitigate some of the problems created by recent spectrum aggregation by Verizon and AT&T, but the effectiveness of these conditions will depend on how rigorously they are enforced. The FCC must actively ensure that Verizon complies with these conditions to encourage competition in the wireless space.
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