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FCC unanimously approves ‘nutrition labels’ for broadband services

13 pointsby caaqilover 3 years ago

2 comments

prirunover 3 years ago
It doesn&#x27;t matter. For most people in the US, there is no real competition, only a duopoly. Here in southern Indiana, near Louisville KY, it&#x27;s either Spectrum (Comcast) or AT&amp;T. Spectrum has cable, AT&amp;T has DSL (some locations) and fiber (also some areas, usually only the nicer neighborhoods&#x2F;streets).<p>Spectrum has very deceptive ads here. They show a huge price &quot;100Mbit High Speed Internet $45&#x2F;mo*&quot; and that asterisk is (when bundled with TV service), which also costs $45&#x2F;mo. Their ads should be illegal. Been like this for years, and on TV too. The government doesn&#x27;t give a crap.
megaman821over 3 years ago
These &quot;nutrition labels&quot; seem like a nice, light-handed touch for many things. See if simply informing the consumer can fix things before trying to come up with and enforce a bunch of rules (some of which may have unintended consequences).<p>Maybe large sites should have a nutrition label meta tag that browsers could display alongside the certificate information.