FTC Stresses Need to Consider Competition and Consumer Protection in Developing National Broadband Plan

The Federal Trade Commission today filed comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice of Inquiry regarding development of a National Broadband Plan that will seek to ensure that every American has access to broadband capability. In its comments, the FTC states that the FCC should take into consideration the FTC’s two primary […]

FTC Settlement Bans Robocalls from Auto “Warranty” Company

American consumers won’t be getting any more deceptive robocalls from the auto “warranty” company that bombarded them with millions of the prerecorded calls earlier this year, under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The company, Transcontinental Warranty, Inc., and its owner will be permanently banned from making any prerecorded calls like the ones […]