Notice

Forum sign-up and posting have been fixed as of 4/17/25 524am MST. Please give the community a try!
Anyone with an account beforehand can reset their password to login.

Share

FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard

Illustration of US paper currency and binary data to represent Internet connectivity.

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | imagedepotpro)

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday rejected requests to eliminate an upcoming requirement that Internet service providers list all of their monthly fees.

Five major trade groups representing US broadband providers petitioned the FCC in January to scrap the requirement before it takes effect. In June, Comcast told the FCC that the listing-every-fee rule “impose[s] significant administrative burdens and unnecessary complexity in complying with the broadband label requirements.”

The five trade groups kept up the pressure earlier this month in a meeting with FCC officials and in a filing that complained that listing every fee is too hard. The FCC refused to bend, announcing yesterday that the rules will take effect without major changes.

Read 15 remaining paragraphs | Comments

Author: Jon Brodkin. [Source Link (*), Ars Technica – All content]

Shop with us!

You may also like...

Leave a Reply