{"id":1209239,"date":"2023-12-06T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209239"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:58:19","slug":"cable-lobby-to-fcc-please-dont-look-too-closely-at-the-prices-we-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209239","title":{"rendered":"Cable lobby to FCC: Please don\u2019t look too closely at the prices we charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/getty-binary-data-money-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of US paper currency and binary data to represent Internet connectivity.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/getty-binary-data-money.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1667\" data-width=\"2500\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Getty Images | imagedepotpro)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The US broadband industry is protesting a Federal Communications Commission plan to measure the affordability of Internet service.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC has been evaluating US-wide broadband deployment progress on a near-annual basis for almost three decades but hasn&#8217;t factored affordability into these regular reviews. The broadband industry is afraid that a thorough examination of prices will lead to more regulation of ISPs.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/FCC-23-89A1.pdf\">FCC Notice of Inquiry<\/a> issued on November 1 proposes to analyze the affordability of Internet service in the agency&#8217;s next congressionally required review of broadband deployment. That could include examining not just monthly prices but also data overage charges and various other fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989147#p3\">Read 27 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989147&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cable lobby to FCC: Please don\u2019t look too closely at the prices we charge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | imagedepotpro) The US broadband industry is protesting a Federal Communications Commission plan to measure the affordability of Internet service. The FCC has been evaluating US-wide broadband deployment progress on a near-annual basis for almost three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209239\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1209240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1209239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1209239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1209240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1209239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1209239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1209239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}