FCC Refers Free Data Plan Concerns to FTC [telecom]

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Tells senators FCC has never concluded they ran afoul of net neutrality

By John Eggerton

Talk to the Federal Trade Commission. That was FCC chair Ajit Pai's response to a trio of Democratic House members seeking an FCC investigation into wireless providers free data plans.

In a letter to Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Pai said that they appeared to be referring to "the free-data programs that certain wireless providers offer - often with respect to smartphone-quality video services - that have been available since T-Mobile launched its Binge On service in 2015," which the senators referenced by reference to an article about that service.