Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Quad (quad@akko.quad.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:22:31 JST Quad
   this is both the funniest and saddest news headline i've read in a while
   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Quad (quad@akko.quad.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:23:57 JST Quad

     in reply to

     • Teknikal_Domain
     @tek_dmn After this you might realize that the $80 internet from the competitor is actually cheaper, because after subsidies it'd be $40.
     
     It sounds like THIS is what the bill is trying to fix
     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Quad (quad@akko.quad.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:23:58 JST Quad

     in reply to

     • Teknikal_Domain
     @tek_dmn The article also has a page two. It's most "non-mandatory" fees they have to itemize.
     
     It seems the main goal of this bill is to avoid messing with bills to make their prices look better.
     
     Let's say an ISP sells you "$60 internet".
     
     Before the bill says:
     $60 internet
     
     But after the bill it says:
     $100 internet
     -$40 gov. subsidies
     = $60 total
     
     At which point you'd realize the ISP had scammed you, you've actually been paying for $100 internet, they had hidden the subsidies from you
   • Embed this notice
     Teknikal_Domain (tek_dmn@mastodon.tekdmn.me)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:23:59 JST Teknikal_Domain

     in reply to

     @quad Right, I completely forgot that provision of it.

   • Embed this notice
     Teknikal_Domain (tek_dmn@mastodon.tekdmn.me)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:24:00 JST Teknikal_Domain

     in reply to

     @quad The funny thing is that, headline aside, they have A point. That doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it, but requiring a Nutrition Facts-like label on broadband packages (and requiring an itemized list of every fee the ISP is passing on to the customer, which is the part they're whinging about) can cause issues because of the amount of other government fees and red tape that needs roughly all of your account information to know which ones actually apply to you.

     Though, yes, headline is incredibly funny.

   • Embed this notice
     Quad (quad@akko.quad.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 22:24:00 JST Quad

     in reply to

     • Teknikal_Domain
     @tek_dmn No they only have to give a full itemized list if they don't give a clear simple price.
     
     It prevents ISPs from "partially" itemizing their invoices to make their prices look as good as possible or as confusing as possible.
     
     It basically gives the ISPs three options:
     1. Give the consumer a single simple monthly price
     2. Tell the consumer exactly what they're paying for
     3. Go fuck yourself