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

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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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[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few for purely internet:

Base cost
Late fee
Static IP
Email Services (usually free and falling out of fashion)
Taxes (don’t know if this counts as a fee for this?)
There’s likely a “remote/rural location” fee
There’s likely an “only option” “fee”

The last two are likely what’s being fought against.

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Modem rental fee/bring your own modem fee (either one)
Last mile construction fee
location differential fee https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/internet-cost-by-state

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

BYOM fee? Mf Comcast reduced my bill for bringing in my own modem, what the absolute shit?

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Reduced, not eliminated.

It's possible the BYOM fee is cheaper than the rental fee. You saw a decrease of your bill but doesn't mean they didn't charge you a different fee because they doesn't have to list that out, until now.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t believe it’s done any longer for most ISPs but it definitely happened in the past.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How fucked up is it that I would happily pay a bring your own modem fee, I asked and CenturyLink told me no

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Feel lucky. You could have had a far worse CenturyLink experience.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/centurylink-left-86-year-old-woman-with-no-internet-service-for-a-month/

[-] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Last mile construction should be once-paid

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Then rename to last mile construction and maintenance fee

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