[Full Disclosure: Since I subscribe to Consumer Reports, I am a member
of Consumers Union. -mod]
Your bill and a speed test can help Consumer Reports analyze Internet
prices.
JON BRODKIN - 7/13/2021, 5:08 PM
With broadband-industry lobby groups implausibly claiming that
Internet providers have slashed their prices, Consumer Reports is on a
mission to collect and analyze thousands of monthly Internet bills
from real customers.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/how-much-do-you-pay-your-isp-consumer-reports-wants-to-see-your-bill/
***** Moderator's Note *****
This is important, and it /will/ make a difference. PLEASE submit your
bill to Consumer Reports, by clicking on the Consumer-reports-URL in
the arstechnica story. You'll be asked to fill out a Consumer Reports
survey before uploading the copy of your bill, and that's up to you.
Before you read the artechnica story, get a copy of your latest
Internet bill - unless you have satellite Internet service, it's
probably your telephone or your cable bill - and save it in "pdf"
format. That's the file type that Consumer Reports needs you to
upload, so it's a lot easier to have it handy at the start. I used the
"Print to PDF" option of my Firefox browser, after I logged in to my
account at the local cable company and brought up my bill on the
screen, but you might not have that option. If not, your ISP might
offer the option to send you a .pdf copy of your bill via email, or
you can probably use a scanner to create a PDF document, or ask a
favor of someone whom has the capability to convert files to .pdf
format.
When you have the .pdf file, you're ready to visit the Consumer
Reports site. After you've uploaded the .pdf copy of your bill, you'll
be asked to share their request with others on Facebook and one or two
other places. I did that, too.
This information can be used to cut through all the cones of silence
that surround the sweatheart deals ISP's have been making with
regulators for decades.
PLEASE don't put this off! *THIS* is your chance to deliver hard,
verifiable information to a nationally-recognized organization that
has a reputation for fairness and accuracy, namely Consumer Reports,
about how much Internet service *REALLY* costs!
Bill Horne
Moderator
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