In a statement, Fletcher Cook, a spokesman for AT&T, said the company has always complied with the lowest-corresponding-price rule. AD“In order to incentivize the phone companies to hook up, everybody conveniently ignored the lowest-price rule,” Wheeler said. The proposed settlement caused confusion inside the company, Marcus said. The federal government’s clearest effort to enforce the lowest-price rule came in 2016, when the FCC issued an enforcement action against AT&T. The agency recommended a fine of $106,425 for “willfully” violating the lowest-price rule.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2021 13:31 UTC