ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over
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美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）近日投票废除了一项拜登时期的规定，该规定要求互联网服务提供商（ISP）在宽带价格标签上列出所有“转嫁费用”。ISP此前抱怨逐项列出费用负担过重。FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔提出新方案，允许ISP以“最高”总额形式显示这些费用，而非逐一列出。此举旨在减轻ISP的合规负担，但可能影响消费者对价格的清晰比较。
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that required Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on easily accessible broadband price labels.
Instead of advertising accurate prices, ISPs like to advertise artificially low prices and then add all sorts of fees to subscribers' monthly bills. To prevent bill shock and help consumers compare prices, the FCC updated its broadband-label rules in 2023 to require that ISPs “itemize on the label all discretionary monthly fees that the provider passes through to the consumer.”
ISPs complained about the burden and complexity of listing all the passthrough fees they had chosen to charge. It would presumably be less burdensome for providers to advertise accurate prices, eliminating the need to charge additional fees and list them on the labels. But a few weeks ago, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr helped ISPs out by proposing to let them display passthrough fees in an aggregate "up to" amount instead of listing them all individually.
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