OTI Tells Rosenworcel It Seeks Verizon/Tracfone Curbs
New America's Open Technology Institute asked FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to consider revising emergency broadband benefit program rules, said a filing Thursday in docket 20-445. Require participating providers to make all plans eligible, include a broadband label to disclose…
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services and ban data caps, it said. OTI questioned Verizon's buying Tracfone, asking that “rigorous enforcement mechanisms” be applied (see 2107210054). “Given the likelihood that any violation of Verizon/TracFone conditions would only harm low-income consumers and not implicate an aggrieved third-party company, it is imperative that the Commission create strong, independent enforcement mechanisms,” the group said.