The FCC could ask you to pay to complain
A proposed rule change at the FCC has raised concerns that the organization is attempting to abdicate its responsibilities to the public. This Thursday, the Commission will consider altering its complaints-handling procedure between individuals and their service providers.
Until now, people have been able to make informal complaints to the FCC, which has to at least attempt to deal with their concerns. The concern with the rule change is that now, these issues would simply be forwarded on to the provider in question.
That is, unless you make a formal complaint at the cost of $225, at which point the FCC will handle your issue on your behalf. As both Gizmodo and the Verge point out, the implication is that the rule changes will mean that you'll need to pay the FCC, in cash, to do its job.
Those same reports also say that, when Pai rolled back Net Neutrality, he and his agency was at least obliged to pretend to pay attention to opposing arguments. It's thought that the plan to streamline the complaint procedures would also remove any obligation for commissioners to listen to the general public.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-could-ask-pay-complain-132200240.html
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