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Comcast, AT&T try to kill new requirements to be transparent about their shitty pricing (www.techdirt.com)
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Comcast, AT&T try to kill new requirements to be transparent about their shitty pricing::The 2021 infrastructure bill did some very good things for broadband. Not only did it include a massive, $42 billion investment in broadband deployment and require better mapping, it demanded that the FCC impose a new "nutrition label for broadband," requiring that ISPs be transparent about all of the weird restrictions, caps, fees, and limitations…

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[–] ohemgeeste7en@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So this isn't asking them to detail how they arrive at the base monthly cost for your tier of service, it's asking them to detail all the extra fees? What does an internet bill look like in the US that there are unattributed fees tacked on?