Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 年前FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hardarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1941arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansbrainworms@lemm.eehackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1941arrow-down1external-linkFCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hardarstechnica.comPete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 年前message-square139fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansbrainworms@lemm.eehackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareChthonic@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·1 年前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.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 年前And get a discount for letting the cable company claim they have cable TV to scam money from ESPN.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前ESPN is probably paying cable companies to air their shows over their cables to customers with a subscription to ESPN.
minus-squareHTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 年前Yea… 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.