Proposed law could force ISPs to stop hiding true size of monthly bills

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Internet service providers could be required to release "broadband nutrition labels" with detailed information about prices, speeds, and data caps under legislation introduced by US Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.).

Craig's "Broadband Consumer Transparency Act" would bring back expanded transparency requirements that were eliminated when then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai repealed net neutrality rules and deregulated the broadband industry in December 2017.

The bill "would require straightforward disclosures in an easily understandable format to help consumers better understand the services they are purchasing and protect against hidden fees and sub-standard Internet performance," Craig said in a press release yesterday. The press release said the bill "would require sellers of broadband services to provide the following information to all consumers":

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