FTC ASKS FCC TO USE PLAN TO PROMOTE BROADBAND COMPETITION

摘要

"Significant questions exist about the extent to which broadband access markets are competitive," the Federal Trade Commission told the FCC. The FCC's writing a national broadband plan provides an opportunity to do "a competitive market analysis that can be used as the foundation for the development of ongoing regulatory policies governing broadband Internet access." The FTC also urged the FCC to collect more data on network management practices. The broadband plan "should facilitate the operation of the free market process to the greatest extent possible consistent with the Recovery Act," the FTC said. "It should maximize incentives for businesses to enter, deploy risk capital, and compete for customers, keeping barriers to entry as low as possible."