FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard::Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says “no.”
FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard::Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says “no.”
How is there more than one? Unless you need something slightly unusual like a static IP. Otherwise, everything should be covered by type of subscription, cost of subscription.
My IP hasn’t changed in the four years I’ve lived here… why is there even a fee for that when I’ve seemingly gotten it for free?
It’s for businesses where it’s cheaper to pay the ISP to guarantee that it’ll stay the same than it is to pay someone to fix things that break if it does change.
So… move to a business plan?
That’s where most static IPs are sold, yes, but one does not guarantee the other. The business plan is more about getting priority over residential customers for repairs.
Starting my DBA tomorrow! We here at Kait Co. require a static IP business plan!
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few for purely internet:
The last two are likely what’s being fought against.
BYOM fee? Mf Comcast reduced my bill for bringing in my own modem, what the absolute shit?
Reduced, not eliminated.
It’s possible the BYOM fee is cheaper than the rental fee. You saw a decrease of your bill but doesn’t mean they didn’t charge you a different fee because they doesn’t have to list that out, until now.
I don’t believe it’s done any longer for most ISPs but it definitely happened in the past.
How fucked up is it that I would happily pay a bring your own modem fee, I asked and CenturyLink told me no
Feel lucky. You could have had a far worse CenturyLink experience.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/centurylink-left-86-year-old-woman-with-no-internet-service-for-a-month/