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Cable lobby group: Broadband competition is bad for customers

"Perhaps you should switch to another cable company… oh, that's right, we're the only one in town." (credit: Viacom)

A cable lobby group that represents more than 900 small and medium-size providers is angry that Charter Communications will be competing against other cable companies.

Cable providers usually avoid each other's territory, choosing not to "overbuild" in cities...

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FCC’s “nutrition labels” for broadband show speed, caps, and hidden fees

The Federal Communications Commission today unveiled new broadband labels modeled after the nutrition labels commonly seen on food products. Home Internet service providers and mobile carriers are being urged to use the labels to give consumers details such as prices (including hidden fees tacked onto the base price), data caps, overage charges, speed, latency, packet loss, and so on.

ISPs aren't required to use these...

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