cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49123203
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.
This sounds so “set in stone” but the vote doesn’t occur until later this month. Do they just know how everyone is going to vote somehow? Like they saw the checks being written by the ISPs
They always do this. They write it in such a way that it sounds inevitable so you don’t feel motivated to fight it.