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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:33:12 JST Ars Technica

   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."

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/fcc-says-too-bad-to-isps-complaining-that-listing-every-fee-is-too-hard/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:47:30 JST Chancerubbage

     in reply to

     @arstechnica is it possible these fees actually cover payments to competitors and communities for cell tower and utility pole sharing access?

     Perhaps that deserves to be removed as an income stream via legislation.

     That will probably make them ‘comply’

   • Chris Ferguson (chrisferguson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 03:52:22 JST Chris Ferguson

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     @arstechnica #RegulateISPs

     #RegulateISPsMORE

   • Michael Kohne (mhkohne@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 06:27:47 JST Michael Kohne

     in reply to

     @arstechnica If your pricing model is so complex you have trouble listing your prices, perhaps clean that up, rather than vitch about having to clearly communicate it

   • Christopher (crito@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 11:40:59 JST Christopher

     in reply to

     @arstechnica
     I despise the insidious and Evil recent trend of adding "fees" to increase prices without increasing the "advertised price".

     It should absolutely be illegal.