The next time you go shopping for a home or mobile internet plan, you’re going to see a new label laying out exactly what you can expect to pay, the typical download speeds you’ll get and information about the internet provider’s policies.
The next time you go shopping for a home or mobile internet plan, you’re going to see a new label lay out exactly what you can expect to pay, the typical download speeds you’ll get and information about the internet provider’s policies. That information will now be standardized across providers and displayed in a new disclosure modeled after the nutrition labels you see on food packaging in grocery store aisles, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
The problem is particularly acute in rural and tribal areas, where roughly a quarter of Americans lack broadband. Worse, an estimated 23 million households — representing nearly 1 in 5 US households and an estimated 59 million Americans overall — are at risk of losing their internet plans altogether due to the looming end of a popular federal aid program that will run out of money as soon as this month.
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