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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How is there more than one? Unless you need something slightly unusual like a static IP. Otherwise, everything should be covered by type of subscription, cost of subscription.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My IP hasn’t changed in the four years I’ve lived here.. why is there even a fee for that when I’ve seemingly gotten it for free?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's for businesses where it's cheaper to pay the ISP to guarantee that it'll stay the same than it is to pay someone to fix things that break if it does change.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So.. move to a business plan?

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