The Federal Communications Commission will vote to eliminate a rule that requires Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on an easily accessible broadband price label. The FCC vote could also make the price labels themselves a bit harder for consumers to find.

ISPs routinely advertise prices much lower than those actually charged to consumers on their monthly bills. One method of raising monthly bill prices above advertised rates is to tack on fees that, ISPs claim, are used to offset charges imposed by local governments.

  • matthurtme@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I didn’t get to go to college since my mother’s AIDS bankrupted our family, but I didn’t and don’t want to see other people hurt.

    Am I a little bitter I couldn’t afford mountains of debt to get a degree while watching many of my friends go off to college? Sure.

    Am I sad I had to work at a younger age than my peers so we could afford to juggle medications and bills? Sure.

    Has this trajectory seriously screwed me for a lifetime of poverty? Yes, definitely.

    Do I want to see other people hurt? No.

    I’m not a nazi just because I wasn’t able to get a degree