SEPARATE STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER HAROLD
FURCHTGOTT-ROTH
| Re: | Vista Services Corporation, Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, File No. ENF 99-10 (rel October 23, 2000). |
I concur in today's decision to impose a significant forfeiture against Vista Services Corporation based on their violations of our slamming rules. Although not relevant to the merits of the forfeiture, the Order does contain dicta asserting jurisdiction over deceptive advertising practices by long distance carriers. (1) I write separately to note my continued concern with the Commission's excursions into advertising regulation. (2)
1 ¶ 11.
2 See Separate Statements Of Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth in: Business Discount Plan, FCC 00-239 (rel. July 17, 2000), petition for recon. pending; Joint FCC/FTC Policy Statement for the Advertising of Dial-Around and Other Long Distance Services to Consumers, 15 FCC Rcd 8654 (2000). See generally, Harold Furchtgott-Roth and Bryan Tramont, Commission on the Verge of a Jurisdictional Breakdown: The FCC and its Quest to Regulate Advertising, 8 Comm. Law Conspectus 219 (Winter 2000)**