US FCC will drop Biden plan to ban bulk broadband billing for tenants
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will drop a proposed Biden administration plan to ban broadband internet "bulk billing" for residents of apartments, condominiums and public housing.
FCC's New Leader Drops Bulk Internet Billing Ban for Apartments
Brendan Carr says the the proposal would have raised internet prices for apartments tenants. But the old FCC chair argued the opposite and said bulk billing arrangements risked unwanted costs.
FCC chair says landlords can force bulk internet service on residents
Trump’s FCC head says reducing competition will lower prices. The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating a Biden administration proposal that would have curbed apartment landlords’ ability to force residents into paying for a single internet service provider.
FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters can’t escape
With bulk billing deals in which a company agrees to provide service to every tenant of a building, residents are billed a prorated share of the total cost. Tenants may be billed by either the landlord or the telco provider.
FCC Halts Efforts to Regulate `Bulk Billing’ Broadband Deals
During the Biden-Harris Administration, FCC leadership put forward a ‘bulk billing’ proposal that could have raised the price of Internet service for Americans living in apartments by as much as 50 percent,
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FCC will drop Biden plan to ban bulk broadband billing for tenants
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