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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Comcast, AT&T try to kill new requirements to be transparent about their shitty pricing::The 2021 infrastructure bill did some very good things for broadband. Not only did it include a massive, $42 billion investment in broadband deployment and require better mapping, it demanded that the FCC impose a new "nutrition label for broadband," requiring that ISPs be transparent about all of the weird restrictions, caps, fees, and limitations…

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[-] MSids 1 points 1 year ago

Whether the tax was valid or not I have no input on. Taxes are created for many reasons but our method of assessing it on customers who should not have been paying it was wrong.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, perhaps I've misinterpreted the intent of your comment. I don't see how it adds to a constructive conversation one way or the other on the issue at hand; maybe you just intended to highlight the absurdity of an ISP's fee structure.

[-] MSids 2 points 1 year ago

I was highlighing the absurdity of the fee structure.

To expand on what I said in my second comment, the tax was probably created by the government to serve a relevant purpose that I don't know about. I trust that there is a reason for the tax. The fact that it was being applied inappropriately to customers was the absurd part. It's like an electric vehicle being taxed for highway tailpipe emissions.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, I understand better now; thank you for clarifying :)

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