Incompas Makes Case for FCC Requiring Merger Disclosures as Part of Net Neutrality Review

Incompas fired back at Comcast, AT&T and others that opposed (see 1707280026) an Incompas motion to modify FCC protective orders for reviews of past transactions to provide information for the net neutrality proceeding. Incompas, representing competitive carriers, filed the response in FCC docket 17-108. “The impetus behind INCOMPAS’s request is straightforward -- compiling a complete record from evidence already available to the Commission while according the full confidentiality protections such information warrants,” the association said. “Opposing Parties paint an apocalyptic portrait of doomsday scenarios and dystopic outcomes. The reality is that the Commission has made the question of the incentives and abilities of the broadband providers to harm the openness of the Internet a central question -- perhaps the central question -- in this proceeding.”