Wheeler Circulates Draft Order To Approve AT&T/DirecTV With Conditions
A draft FCC order to approve AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV with conditions is circulating, Chairman Tom Wheeler said late Tuesday in an emailed statement. "If the conditions are approved by my colleagues, 12.5 million customer locations will have access to…
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a competitive high-speed fiber connection," Wheeler said. "The conditions will build on the Open Internet Order already in effect, addressing two merger-specific issues. First, in order to prevent discrimination against online video competition, AT&T will not be permitted to exclude affiliated video services and content from data caps on its fixed broadband connections. Second, in order to bring greater transparency to interconnection practices, the company will be required to submit all completed interconnection agreements to the Commission, along with regular reports on network performance."