FCC to let ISPs stop listing all passthrough fees, give single "up to" price.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote to eliminate a rule that requires Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on an easily accessible broadband price label. The FCC vote could also make the price labels themselves a bit harder for consumers to find.

ISPs routinely advertise prices much lower than those actually charged to consumers on their monthly bills. One method of raising monthly bill prices above advertised rates is to tack on fees that, ISPs claim, are used to offset charges imposed by local governments.

  • Hegar
    0•2 days ago

    ISPs: we wanna charge a bunch of bullshit fees so we can lie to customers about what our prices are. Biden: Sure! But you’ll have to come up with names for the fees. Trump: Sure!

    This one of those things that looks awful because the current regime decided to stop whatever flimsy fig leaf the dems had insisted on when they did pretty much the same thing.

    • halcyoncmdrEnglish
      0•2 days ago

      They were already doing it before the Biden requirements.

      Source: I worked at a carrier and had to explain their bills to people daily.

      The information disclosure was significantly different for consumers even though the bill didn’t really change, they just had to actually breakdown the fees and surcharges, they couldn’t hide it all blindly under “the government says we have to collect this”.