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ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 week ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/28602691

The rule took effect in April 2024 after the FCC rejected ISPs' complaints that listing every fee they created would be too difficult. The rule applies specifically to recurring monthly fees "that providers impose at their discretion, i.e., charges not mandated by a government."

ISPs could comply with the rule either by listing the fees or by dropping the fees altogether and, if they choose, raising their overall prices by a corresponding amount. But the latter option wouldn't fit with the strategy of enticing customers with a low advertised price and hitting them with the real price on their monthly bills. The broadband price label rules were created to stop ISPs from advertising misleadingly low prices.

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[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I won't say who, but I used to work for a large telco. Seeing their charges, it was x plan with y equipment fee. I have had two other ISPs in the past 2 years, one of which was Comcast. I had x plan with no equipment fee (I just bought a cable modem, cause fuck leaving my router even slightly exposed). What fucking companies came up with these other bs fees? Or are we talking phones? Cause yeah, that's all kinds of fee fuckery

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 4 points 1 week ago

Even talking about phones, having so many fees that you cannot list them all is insane.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

comcast was the worst. its thier tierd service, and trying to pedal thier "rent a router' service. sooner or later they will be allowed to slow down peoples internets, to force them to buy more expensive plans.