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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Aww ... poor little ISPs.

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago (30 children)

This is why the ISPs don't want to do it. The FCC told them:

Providers are free, of course, to not pass these fees through to consumers to differentiate their pricing and simplify their Label display if they believe it will make their service more attractive to consumers and ensure that consumers are not surprised by unexpected charges.

The ISPs refuse to eat the costs of doing business. They know people will shit when they see all the fees that customers do not need to pay are being charged to them.

There will be lawsuits when the fees are listed.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Difficulty doesn't make sense, because if they can charge you for it, then they can list it out on your bill.

Unless it's a "we need to show profit growth to our shareholders" fee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly.

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