ISPs must accept gov?t subsidy on all plans?no more upselling, FCC chair says

Although many ISPs "expressed concern at the extensive technical challenges necessary to include legacy and grandfathered plans," the FCC draft rules "conclude that any Internet service offering means, for a particular customer, any broadband Internet plan in which the customer is currently enrolled (regardless of whether it is a legacy grandfathered plan), as well as any broadband Internet plan that a provider currently offers to new customers."The draft also says:[W]e find that the purpose of this provision is to ensure that the eligible households are permitted to apply the affordable connectivity benefit to currently offered plans that are available to non-eligible households, such that eligible households are not limited to choosing from a subset of plans or restricted in some way for such plans. We further clarify that the requirement that legacy or grandfathered plans be eligible for reimbursement does not require that providers offer such legacy or grandfathered plans to other customers, including ACP-eligible customers, that are not already on such plans.Rosenworcel's plan gives ISPs 60 days after publication of the order in the Federal Register to "ensure that the affordable connectivity benefit can be applied to all generally available and currently sold plans" and to "accommodate requests by existing subscribers to apply the affordable connectivity benefit to legacy or grandfathered plans on a case-by-case basis."You must login or create an account to comment.Join the Ars Orbital Transmission mailing list to get weekly updates delivered to your inbox.