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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard::Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says "no."

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

On the one hand I'm sceptical that a company couldn't tell customers ahead of time what fees they might be paying.

On the other hand, I once worked for an ISP that deleted its customer database and all backups to save itself data warehousing fees and literally had no idea how much customers were paying or what services it was providing them. So it does happen.

On the other other hand (yes, I have three), incompetence shouldn't shield you from the consequences of failing your responsibilities.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So…. Wait how did that work? If a customer called in and said they were being overcharged, or that they were paying X for Y and only getting half of Y… what happened?

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

That's a very good question and thankfully I wasn't part of the section who handled issues like those.

[–] The_Eminent_Bon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Where are you getting all these hands?

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Dad had one of those glow-in-the-dark wrist-watches with the radium dials.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] The_Eminent_Bon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

But I’m afraid of heights

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Their ISP was located in Chernobyl.