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Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the plan gives "the federal government a roving mandate to micromanage nearly every aspect of how the Internet functions."
IHO, this doesn't affect how the Internet function, at all. Internet doesn't just exist in the US. What it does is manage and governs the access to the Internet, and make it equaily accessible, within US jurisdiction. Micro or not, that's subjective.
I think that quoted comment is just a word salad with near-zero truth intended to be there in the first place.
This is a bad idea I think tbh. Unless everyone wants to pay a very large installation fee so the cable company’s installs all start profitable rather than very negative.
They won't do that. They can't. They won't get any customer acquisitions like that.
The whole cancellation fee model is based on lying about pricing to trick people into exploitive pricing then robbing them when they realize the price they advertised was a lie. But the starting costs are low because they have to be for people to sign up.
This. I stopped using anything cancellation fee model in my country. My career forced me to change places, (another cancer of modern society). The fees were huge to my young self who was financially weak enough to be forced to moved.
Just buy something you can afford buying immediately. And in this remote work age, just say FU to the businesses who force you into pay huge costs like that, monetary and by other means. All done for benefiting themselves.
Do people still watch and pay for cable TV?
Hope gym fees get addressed at some point
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Rosenworcel said the commission will take an initial vote on Dec. 13 on the plan, which would also require TV video-service providers to refund subscribers if they cancel prior to the end of that billing cycle.
She cited President Joe Biden's executive order that encourages the FCC and other agencies to take steps to crack down on what the administration calls "junk fees."
The FCC last month voted to advance a proposal to reinstate landmark net-neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded under former President Donald Trump.
Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the plan gives "the federal government a roving mandate to micromanage nearly every aspect of how the Internet functions."
The FCC in June granted initial approval to a proposal requiring cable operators and direct broadcast satellite providers to specify the "all-in" price clearly and prominently for video programming service in promotional materials and on subscribers’ bills.
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