With broadband providers, if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile and then slow-roll it all the way to the Supreme Court if they think it’ll be more profitable that way.On the label, which you can see here, are all the vital statistics you need to know about your potential internet connection:- Monthly price and contract length- Whether that price will change after a certain period and what it will change to- Complete list of monthly and one-time fees, and early termination fee- Whether the company participates in the Affordable Connectivity Program and link to check if one qualifies- “Typical” download and upload speeds, and latency- Data cap and price beyond that cap- Links to network management (e.g., zero rating and content blocking) and privacy policiesWith all this posted clearly and in the same format between providers, anyone can look at two of these labels and, like comparing two brands of cereal, decide which one is right for them.The idea has been bouncing around for a while, but the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act made it possible to take it over the finish line.It’ll be a bit before these will be required by law, though: an FCC spokesperson explained that the rules must first be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget, after which they will be published in the federal register, and from that point broadband providers will have six months to comply, or a year if they’re on the small side.More and better information will find a place on the labels depending on what the FCC hears from customers and the industry:“That’s why the agency also kicks off a further rulemaking today that asks about how to incorporate more pricing and discount data on the label itself, how to measure service reliability, and how to make broadband nutrition labels even more accessible,” she concluded."