Prepare the nipples for tweaking!
“How bummed would you be if we told you the real cost?”
Media Contact: Office of Media Relations MediaRelations@fcc.gov For Immediate Release FCC VOTES TO REQUIRE CABLE AND SATELLITE TV PRICING TRANSPARENCY New ‘All-In’ Pricing Rules Will Address Consumers’ Confusion on Hidden Fees in Cable and Satellite TV Billing
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new rules requiring cable and satellite TV providers to specify the “all-in” price clearly and prominently for video programming service in their promotional materials and on subscribers’ bills. The FCC aims to eliminate the misleading practice of describing video programming costs as a tax, fee, or surcharge. This updated “all-in” pricing format allows consumers to make informed choices, including the ability to comparison shop among competitors and to compare programming costs against alternative programming providers, including streaming services. TV providers often use deceptive junk fees to hide the real price of their services. The FCC is putting an end to this form of price masking, increasing competition, and reducing confusion among consumers. These new rules require cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to state the total cost of video programming service clearly and prominently, including broadcast retransmission consent, regional sports programming, and other programming-related fees, as a prominent single line item on subscribers’ bills and in promotional materials. The record demonstrates that charges and fees for video programming provided by cable and DBS providers are often obscured in misleading promotional materials and bills, which causes significant and costly confusion for consumers. These new rules continue a series of consumer-focused proposals to combat junk fees and support transparency for consumers. In addition to this “all-in” pricing, the Commission is preparing to upcoming launch of the mandatory Broadband Consumer Labels and has proposed to eliminate early termination fees from cable and satellite TV providers. Action by the Commission March 14, 2024 by Report and Order (FCC 24-29). Chairwoman Rosenworcel, Commissioners Starks and Gomez approving. Commissioners Carr and Simington dissenting. Chairwoman Rosenworcel, Commissioners Carr, Starks, and Simington issuing separate statements. MB Docket No. 23-203
Nice job, FCC, and only 20 years late!
Solving yesterday’s problems, tomorrow!
Right? Like why the fuck did it take so long? Ohhh right. Ashit Pie.
Cable is antiquated.
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…micromanagement of advertising in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace…
WTF are they on about? Cable TV is the least competitive market out there. I’ve never lived anywhere with more than two options.
Cable lobby group NCTA-The Internet & Television Association claimed that the commission’s “micromanagement of advertising in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace will force operators to either clutter their ads with confusing disclosures or leave pricing information out entirely.”
Or, you know, you could just tell the truth.
What competition?
Isnt there like…only two cities in the whole country where cable companies actually have to compete with each other? (and consequently the customers see the lowest prices in the country… weird how that works?)
The proliferation of home cell internet and Starlink’s internet has had a nice downward pressure in many markets. Both are often surprisingly good, even for heavy internet users. They are something worth checking out in your area.
Edit: Note, if you look into satellite internet, Starlink is pretty much the only one that doesn’t suck. This is due to the satellites being in low earth orbit (fairly close) rather than way, way off in geostationary orbit.
Starlink is the disposable plastic of internet though. they are constantly losing satalites due to that low earth orbit, which are constantly being replaced.
also being owned by a raging right wing fucktard that turns them off and on to suit his political whims does nothing to endear me to the service
starlink internet is pretty amazing if your only other option is 3mpbs “broadband” (on a good day). most people dont really care about the political ideology of the person who leads the company, they just want to stream media.
most people dont really care about the political ideology of the person who leads the company
until he starts flipping switches in a immature and mentally underdeveloped tantrum. then they’ll suddenly start caring.
its a distributed network, “flipping switches” doesnt take down a network.
check it out on this website that runs a simulation/tracker for it --> https://starlink.sx/
most people dont really care about the political ideology of the person who leads the company
Do people know the political views of most company heads? Difficult to say if people care if they don’t know. If those political views clearly harm you (e.g. anti-gay sentiment in 2010’s) then most of those affected would care?
We can ignore politics but politics won’t ignore us, probably we aught to care what business do with the money we give them.
Most people don’t know about the politics of company heads, cause they are at least smart enough to shut the fuck up about it in public.
Unlike Musk, who tweets like an edgy teenager and is constantly putting the white hood on.
The former is more of a technical one. LEO has (some) air drag, so anything there is temporary; and you need them in LEO to not have pings measured in seconds. But, as you stated, the CEO is…fucktarded. I’ll fully agree there!
But, more importantly, that’s why I also mentioned cell networks. In the US, TMobile and Verizon home cell internet is competitive in quite a good percent of the country and worth looking into if you don’t like your current provider. TMobile’s is $50/mo, for example.
Whoa whoa whoa, have you been playing too many online games recently? Because you’re views are sounding a little bit extreme there…
As an autist who doesn’t always catch sarcasm, I have to ask: what alien robot downvoted you?
Beats me, but I seem to have attracted some pretty dedicated haters on this site recently, so I’m assuming one of them.
leave pricing out entirely.
So I have to actually do research instead of being baited in? That’s fine too.
Nothing better than Verizon advertising $65 a month, which is already too much, then when you actually try to sign up it’s not just more; they straight up refuse to tell you what it will be (yes, I tried asking).
I know that’s not cable but they both play the same games. No, it’s not impossible for you to just tell a customer what you’re going to charge them.
So it’s like going to the hospital. Arghh
The best part?
I ended up actually signing up for visible (Verizon has the best service in my area). It’s Verizon, reselling their own service, for $45 with everything included. (That’s 50GB before they deprioritize you. There’s a $35 that’s less but still fine for most people.)
It seems like it is actually possible to include those fees in their price.
hyper-competitive marketplace
Ah yes, when I think of “hyper competitive” I think of the one and only one cable provider who services my neighborhood.
I would hope this would also apply to the live TV streaming services like Hulu+live tv, Fubo, YouTube TV, etc. I looked into some of them, and the added fees took the monthly bill from like $83 a month to over $100 a month, but you don’t know that unless you read the disclaimers since they advertised it at $83 a month.
Seems like it certainly needs to. I haven’t noticed any such added fees for the services I subscribe to. If true, that’s a good indication someone is seeking a competitive advantage by misleading potential customers, and good reason to act
isn’t the worst offender I’ve seen, but it’s still bullshit. They should never be able to advertise it at $84.99 when there are $30.99 in required feesThat would go immediately on my list of “never do business”
Comcast calls me all the time trying to sell me on their
Trojan horsestreaming box or their cell service. I’m polite to the caller cause I know it’s just a gig for them but I always calmly tell them I only have Comcast as I have no other choice and I’d rather peel off my finger nails than give them any other business. It speaks to how bad things are that I’m dying for Verizon of all companies to come “save” me. Hyper-competitive, fucking lol.I was so happy when I was able to tell Comcast/Xfinity to suck toads after moving to an area with Google Fiber. Google may be a shit company, but I gotta admit I really love symmetrical gigabit service for $70/month.
There’s a local company in my city that offers fiber to the home. I’m so happy not to be stuck with Comcast!
I only have Comcast as I have no other choice and I’d rather peel off my finger nails than give them any other business
Literally me and cox communication
wow. I’ve never received any spam calls from an ISP & have been using comcast internet since 2006. they’re a lot more reliable in my area than their competition (tried it, the DSL service was terribad, and wave broadband can suck a dick).
wave broadband can suck a dick
PNW? how the fuck is it that comcast is the best we can get. goddamn google or someone else please fucking save me from comcast
eh, they just doubled my upload/download speeds for free last week. sort of had to though, there’s competition from tmobile in the area
Verizon FIOS is like a unicorn. Service is stable, price hasn’t moved, support is available, clear and friendly. Install and repair dates are quick.
one day the shoe will drop, been waiting for it for years, but in my little corridor they just keep kicking comcast’s ass.
I had them when I rented and I was also surprised by how few complaints I had
The shoe dropped on most of Verizon’s former territory. Basically anywhere they had DSL but didn’t want to lay fiber they sold off instead of even trying.
Yeah, if you ended up with frontier or anyone else they sold to you’re going to have a bad time.
And the thing about regulation like this is that it just resets the bar height for everyone. It’s not like this doesn’t apply to all competitors.
Unless we mean non-cable competition, i.e. streaming. Maybe that’s not under the jurisdiction of FCC? If not, though, then I have to wonder why this has to be an FCC thing in the first place. This is about truth in advertising, in general.
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