Data Caps NOI Really About Usage-Based Pricing Rules: ICLE's Fruits
Wording in the FCC's broadband data caps notice of inquiry (see 2410150069) makes it "pretty clear the agency is really itching to ban data caps and, in turn, to regulate usage-based pricing," International Center for Law & Economics Senior Scholar…
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Eric Fruits blogged Wednesday. Rather than ban or significantly restrict data caps and usage-based pricing, the agency should prioritize a regulatory approach "that encourages innovation and investment, while safeguarding consumer interests," Fruits wrote. That approach would optimally use existing antitrust and consumer protection rules to foster pricing transparency, he argued.