Wireless Subscribers Can Readily Switch Carriers, CTIA Says
The FCC is wrong in findings in its net neutrality order that wireless subscribers can’t readily switch carriers, CTIA said Wednesday. “Based exclusively on a single filing of public interest groups that lacks basic analytical rigor, the FCC suggests that…
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consumers have no effective ability to switch wireless carriers today,” said a blog post by Krista Witanowski, assistant vice president-regulatory affairs. The order calls switching costs “a significant factor” in wireless carriers’ ability to “threaten the open nature of the Internet,” she said. It has never been easier for subscribers to switch providers, she said. “A simple trip to the mall or large retail store would ease any perceived concerns. It has never been easier for consumers to change mobile providers in this fiercely competitive mobile marketplace.”