On December 3, 2025, the FCC published the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) proposing to eliminate six requirements from its broadband label rules to better align with the Infrastructure Act and to reduce compliance costs while preserving value to consumers in the Federal Register, thereby setting comment dates.
Specifically, the FNPRM proposes to eliminate requirements that providers:
- read the label to consumers over the phone;
- itemize state and local passthrough fees that vary by location;
- provide information about the now-concluded ACP;
- display labels in customer account portals;
- make labels available in machine readable format; and
- archive labels for at least two years after a service is no longer offered to new customers.
The FCC also seeks comment on any other label requirements, such as the multilingual display requirement, that may be unduly burdensome and costly and proposes to end its inquiry into new requirements that would take the labels out of alignment with the authorizing statute.
Comments are due on or before January 2, 2026.
Reply comments are due on or before February 2, 2026.
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