As Biden noted, the FCC “proposed a new rule that would require cable and satellite TV providers to give consumers the all-in price for the service they’re offering up front.” The proposed rule would force companies like Comcast, Charter Spectrum, and DirecTV to publish more accurate prices.
Who has cable TV these days?
Sweet, like 30 years to late and for a dying industry.
Yep this feels like little more than a publicity stunt so politicians can talk about how they’re “reigning in cable companies” while the cable companies still get to gouge us with poor service, monopolies, and sky high pricing on internet service.
How about some real action, Democratic party? Enough with the lip service.
One of the best decisions in my life was to drop cable/satellite and go pirate.
Even with a VPN, a Usenet sub, and multiple paid memberships to nzb indexers, it’s still an exponentially better experience than cable.
If I had a dollar for every news article that talked about how such-and-such regulatory body “might” do something that benefits consumers over corporations, I could actually afford all those hidden fees.
While I would also pump the brakes a bit on any particular effort, the Biden administration is pushing back against the dominate thinking of “antitrust bad” that emerged in the 70s. I believe he’s made a lot of appointments reflecting that, which hasn’t happened since the Carter administration.
What kicked off that shift? Robert Bork’s 1978 book The Antitrust Paradox, which is yes that Robert Bork. I honestly think people could use more knowledge about the sausage is made when it comes to government.
Greater transparency under capitalism is always a good thing. I have to admit, one thing Trump did that I liked was to force hospitals to publish their prices. I can’t think of a good reason people buying a thing shouldn’t know how much it costs beforehand.
That was part of ACA/Obamacare my dude, Trump had no role in it and had vowed to repeal it but failed. 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act.
