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Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps

FCC's broadband labels now mandated for ISPs with at least 100,000 customers.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/starting-today-isps-must-display-labels-with-price-speeds-and-data-caps/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps

ISPs comply with FCC rule after protesting requirement to list all fees.

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Show threadEamonnMRApr 10, 2024
@arstechnica I want nutrition facts for everything now.
Show threadStarcadeApr 10, 2024

@arstechnica

I checked Xfinity after reading about this, and they didn't want to show me rates unless I provide an address and log in with my account (sigh)

So yeah, still playing some games.

Show threadIsaac LymanApr 10, 2024
@Starcade @arstechnica Is the information extremely localized? Or could some kind soul log into their account, screenshot it, and post it on a public site?
Show threadStarcadeApr 10, 2024

@isaaclyman @arstechnica

Have to admit, I haven't logged in yet. Every time I do, they try to upsell me. 😐

Show threadWillieApr 10, 2024

The broadband labels require "typical latency" and I wondered how that was figured. At one point, it was: "SamKnows test servers are hosted at 10 major public interconnects (IXPs) in or near major metropolitan areas. The use of these servers for measurements provides a consistent and objective basis of comparison across all ISPs for the MBA metrics specified in the Technical Appendix." [1]
But that partnership has ended [2], so I wonder how they calculate what number is used for "typical latency"

[1] https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/measuring-broadband-america/measuring-fixed-broadband-twelfth-report
[2] https://www.fcc.gov/general/measuring-broadband-america

Measuring Fixed Broadband - Twelfth Report

Twelfth Measuring Broadband America Fixed Broadband Report A Report on Consumer Fixed Broadband Performance

Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 10, 2024
@arstechnica so basically what @BNetzA demands for almost a decade in #Germany for all #Internet access...