FCC votes to require special notices, similar to nutrition labels, at the point of sale for internet services, an industry often criticized for surprise fees.
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to move forward with a plan that would require broadband internet providers to display the new labels at the point of sale in the interest of transparency.
New notices for broadband internet services are rolling out modeled on the nutrition labels for food.The comment period is scheduled to last at least a couple months, but a law signed by President Joe Biden in November requires the FCC to give final approval to the labels this year. They could start appearing shortly thereafter.by Consumer Reports found that cable companies impose fees on customers amounting on average to a 24 percent surcharge on top of the advertised price.
The FCC considered a requirement for the broadband labels in 2016, the final year of the Obama administration. The proposal then languished during the Trump administration.
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