The FCC first floated the idea of nutrition labels for ISPs back in 2016, but it wasn't until 2022 that it formally introduced rules requiring them to be displayed at the companies' points of sale.

The new broadband label was mandated by last year’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which also allocated $65 billion in funding to increase broadband access and affordability.

To help consumers comparison shop for broadband internet service, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced new rules requiring broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) to ...

Internet providers with less than 100,000 subscribers have until Oct. 10, 2024 to comply with the FCC rules to display these broadband labels to their customers.

The FCC proposes a nutrition label that is similar to the label described in the 2016 Public Notice, which tracks the kind of labels the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has created for food ...

Known as "consumer broadband labels," the FCC-mandated disclosures must be offered at the point of sale both online and in stores - and in many cases, in both English and Spanish.

Last year, President Biden signed the bipartisan IIJA, investing $550 billion toward improving the country’s roads, bridges, water infrastructure, resilience and high-speed Internet capacity.

The proposed labels show prices, speeds, data allowances, network management practices, and other key broadband service information. An example of a blank label for fixed broadband.

More info. By April 10, the FCC asked all broadband providers in the US to list broadband facts or labels on their sites that provide easy-to-digest information about their wired and wireless plans.