Too Little Too Late: FCC Finally Realizes AT&T's Zero Rating Is Anti-Competitive - Techdirt

Too Little Too Late: FCC Finally Realizes AT&T's Zero Rating Is Anti-Competitive | Techdirt: "And while it's great the FCC finally woke up to the fact that ISPs are using caps to both raise rates on uncompetitive markets and hamstring streaming competitors, the FCC's letter is almost comical in how late in the game it has finally arrived.

Given that the man heading up Trump's telecom transition team (Jeffrey Eisenach) is a paid consultant and think tanker with ties to large broadband providers, there's every indication a Trump Presidency will go easier on incumbent ISPs like AT&T and Comcast than ever before.

 As a result, the FCC's move here should generally be seen as the agency giving a pointless lecture on playing with matches after the barn has burned down.

For what it's worth, AT&T is simply responding to the inquiry by claiming it can't possibly be acting anti-competitively because other companies can get cap-exempt status too -- provided they pay AT&T significantly more money" 'via Blog this'