FCC to vote on rule that will charge consumers to hear grievances
FCC to vote on rule that will charge consumers to hear grievances Why It Matters:- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created to handle and regulate communications in any broadcast form. Part of its duties is to hear complaints from consumers in issues of abuse. However, on Thursday the commission will vote on a rule that will severely restrict this function. According to the Proposed Rules, informal complaints from consumers to the FCCwill be forwarded to the company that is the subject of the grievance. The obvious problem with this is that by the time a consumer is fed up enough to bother contacting the FCC, they have already exhausted all avenues of resolution with the company in question. Sending them back to the offending firm defeats the whole purpose of contacting the agency in the first place. The only remaining option would be to file a formal complaint and pay a $225 fee to have the commission consider the claim. The FCC says that the...