Pete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agoFCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hardarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1971file-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.eetechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1971external-linkFCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hardarstechnica.comPete Hahnloser to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square148fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldbrainworms@lemm.eetechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
minus-square@Chthonic@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink61•1 year agoIt’s not actually about listing the fees. They’re worried that if they have to list the fees, customers will realize they’re paying 19.99 a month to rent a router, or are getting charged for a land line they didn’t ask for.
minus-squareWagesOflinkfedilink18•1 year agoAnd get a discount for letting the cable company claim they have cable TV to scam money from ESPN.
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink3•1 year agoESPN is probably paying cable companies to air their shows over their cables to customers with a subscription to ESPN.
minus-squareHTTP_404_NotFoundlinkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoYea… Comcast is really bad about that. When I had them a decade back, I made sure to being my own hardware.
It’s not actually about listing the fees. They’re worried that if they have to list the fees, customers will realize they’re paying 19.99 a month to rent a router, or are getting charged for a land line they didn’t ask for.
And get a discount for letting the cable company claim they have cable TV to scam money from ESPN.
Could you explain this more?
ESPN is probably paying cable companies to air their shows over their cables to customers with a subscription to ESPN.
Yea… Comcast is really bad about that. When I had them a decade back, I made sure to being my own hardware.