Sen Markey Raises Broadband Bill Cramming Issue

The wireless cramming issue may be migrating to wired broadband bills in general, with a push from Sen Ed Markey (D-MA).

He asked the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission whether they were looking into cramming on bundled bills and whether that is an emerging problem, saying "cramming was scamming" wherever it occurred. FCC Acting Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc said that crammers were predators and wherever consumers had bills they were likely to "pop up." He pointed out that to the extent the FCC was looking into wireless bills that included broadband, but Sen Markey pressed him about broadband bills in general, not just mobile. LeBlanc pointed out that the FCC had last week issued an advisory to ISPs about mobile and broadband network transparency and said the FCC was going to focus enforcement "in that area."