Chairwoman Rosenworcel Responds to Senators Regarding Broadband Information Labels

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel responded to a letter from a group of senators regarding broadband consumer labels and pricing transparency. Specifically, Sens Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) urged the FCC to independently collect pricing data as the Commission fulfills its requirement of providing internet service provider (ISP) broadband consumer labels. In her response, Chairwoman Rosenworcel highlighted two actions taken by the Commission in late 2022. In November 2022, the FCC adopted rules that require broadband providers to display easy-to-understand Broadband Labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services. Also in that November, the FCC adopted rules establishing the Affordable
Connectivity Program (ACP) Transparency Data Collection, an annual mandatory collection of the plan characteristic, price, and subscription rate information of the internet service offerings received by households enrolled in the ACP.