Senators: we would like FCC Investigation Of “Ridiculous” Cable And internet prices

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and distinguished Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren are tense the Federal Communications commission (FCC) inspect what they’re calling the “ridiculous costs” of broadband internet and cable tv in the U.S.. the two legislators are joined by Minnesota senator Al Franken and Massachusetts senator Ed Markey of their perception that an absence of choice in web and cable providers is resulting in artificially inflated costs and negative customer support.

“Many american citizens have very few, if any, options in relation to selecting their native cable and internet gives,” the senators wrote in a letter to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Thursday, according to The Hill. “as the telecommunications industry has become increasingly concentrated, this lack of choice has resulted in large value increases and ceaselessly terrible services and products for patrons.”

The senators are inquiring for that the FCC control broadband pricing—a prison grey area for the company due to open web rules. they have also asked that the FCC liberate knowledge on how a lot buyers pay for internet and cable by using state and by firm, along with data detailing how so much rural customers pay in contrast to their city and suburban counterparts.

[by way of The Hill]