Signals to ISPs it is on lookout for anti-competitive conduct.
WHY THIS MATTERS: The FTC wants it known that any ISPs looking to bend competition rules will do so at their risk.
He also put ISPs on notice that any anti-competitive conduct would draw the agency’s ire.
And, yes, the FCC did deed the FTC primary enforcement of network neutrality.
The FTC also has the authority to go after any anticompetitive conduct.
He said that if it turns out any broadband providers are engaging in anti-competitive conduct, “we will be all over it.”.
The FTC would “love to hear” from anyone who thought ISPs were doing anything “problematic” from an antitrust standpoint, he added. »