Large ISPs Urge FCC to Reject More-Stringent Rules for Broadband Competition in MTEs

Most residential multi-tenant environments have more than one broadband provider, so the FCC should reject "baseless calls by some commenters for further regulation," NCTA replied as such filings posted through Tuesday on docket 17-142. Rules here should apply equally to all providers that service MTEs and in all parts of the MTE on a competitively and technologically neutral basis, NCTA added. "At most require that exclusive marketing agreements include a disclaimer that the agreement is not an exclusive access agreement," Verizon said. T-Mobile said the FCC should prohibit wireless carriers from signing restrictive arrangements with MTEs, and such protections should be extended anywhere "large numbers of wireless customers congregate," such as stadiums. Incompas called exclusive commercial arrangements "a pervasive problem that the commission must address."