Don't Require Broadband Labels on Consumers' Monthly Bills: ISPs, USTelecom
USTelecom, AT&T, Lumen, Verizon, Consolidated and Windstream told FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff that consumer broadband labels should be "tailored to meet their purpose," said an ex parte posted Thursday in docket 22-2. The ISPs had "concerns" about…
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calls to include a label on monthly bills, saying it "would be burdensome and costly to providers without any real benefit to consumers." They also repeated calls to avoid "esoteric metrics that are meaningless to the average consumer" and said the FCC should "educate consumers on what speeds support their planned activities" (see 2203250053).