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Also what's the point when significant portions of the US have de facto regional broadband monopolies? I mean clear labeling is always better than not, but if

Also what's the point when significant portions of the US have de facto regional broadband monopolies? I mean clear labeling is always better than not, but if you have no actual options how much does it help? Where I live my choice for actual wired broadband is: Spectrum. That's it. My only other viable Internet option is 25 mbps DSL from AT&T. So if I don't like the service from Spectrum: tough luck. If I'm looking at the label before ordering Spectrum and don't like what I see: tough luck. And my situation isn't particularly rare.

bradknowles 4y ago
Yup, welcome to my neighborhood in Austin. Literally two miles in any direction, and you've got at least three gigabit-class ISPs, but not here. Spectrum and AT&T DSL are it for "broadband" providers. And I checked, and no T-Mobile and Verizon do not provide 5G fixed wireless service in this neighborhood. That was going to be my backup. AT&T LTE is available here, but it's no faster than DSL and during times of high load, it's much worse than DSL. FML.
kube-system 4y ago
A lot of consumers are going to have two options for the first time soon due to 5G rollouts from T-Mobile, Verizon, and others. And maybe you can use that label to more easily convince your local politicians that they should be giving more companies access to the poles.
hiatus 4y ago
Are nutrition labels useful in food deserts?
- m463 4y ago
  Thank goodness there is a wide variety of choices in food desserts. But I have never seen a nutritional label at a donut shop.
  - hiatus 4y ago
    Do you think less information is better than more information in this case?
  - zamnos 4y ago
    In case you're not being facetious (hard to tell over the Internet and all), food deserts is a term referring to "an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food". Additionally, the FDA now requires nutritional and allergen info to be provided for restaurants, though it is sufficient to make them available online. Here's a direct link to the doughnut store Krispy Kreme's nutritional facts for their Original Glazed® doughnut. https://s3.amazonaws.com/kkd-e1-images.kktestkitchen.com/ecomm/nutrition/11005-nutrition.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/kkd-e1-images.kktestkitchen.com/eco... Or Dunkin' Donut's nutritional facts: https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/nutrition.pdf https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/nutrition.pd... and allergen info: https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/allergy_ingredient_guide.pdf https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/allergy_ingr... FDA's fact sheet about this: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/fdas-implementation-menu-labeling-moving-forward https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/fdas-implem...
    - m463 4y ago
      to be clear, I didn't notice the missing s. feel free to downvote.
KerrAvon 4y ago
I can only get one brand of milk at my store. Is it important that I know whether it’s lactose-free?

bradknowles 4y ago

Yup, welcome to my neighborhood in Austin. Literally two miles in any direction, and you've got at least three gigabit-class ISPs, but not here. Spectrum and AT&T DSL are it for "broadband" providers. And I checked, and no T-Mobile and Verizon do not provide 5G fixed wireless service in this neighborhood. That was going to be my backup. AT&T LTE is available here, but it's no faster than DSL and during times of high load, it's much worse than DSL. FML.

kube-system 4y ago

A lot of consumers are going to have two options for the first time soon due to 5G rollouts from T-Mobile, Verizon, and others. And maybe you can use that label to more easily convince your local politicians that they should be giving more companies access to the poles.

hiatus 4y ago

Are nutrition labels useful in food deserts?

m463 4y ago
Thank goodness there is a wide variety of choices in food desserts. But I have never seen a nutritional label at a donut shop.
- hiatus 4y ago
  Do you think less information is better than more information in this case?
- zamnos 4y ago
  In case you're not being facetious (hard to tell over the Internet and all), food deserts is a term referring to "an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food". Additionally, the FDA now requires nutritional and allergen info to be provided for restaurants, though it is sufficient to make them available online. Here's a direct link to the doughnut store Krispy Kreme's nutritional facts for their Original Glazed® doughnut. https://s3.amazonaws.com/kkd-e1-images.kktestkitchen.com/ecomm/nutrition/11005-nutrition.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/kkd-e1-images.kktestkitchen.com/eco... Or Dunkin' Donut's nutritional facts: https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/nutrition.pdf https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/nutrition.pd... and allergen info: https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/allergy_ingredient_guide.pdf https://www.dunkindonuts.com/content/dam/dd/pdf/allergy_ingr... FDA's fact sheet about this: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/fdas-implementation-menu-labeling-moving-forward https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/fdas-implem...
  - m463 4y ago
    to be clear, I didn't notice the missing s. feel free to downvote.

KerrAvon 4y ago

I can only get one brand of milk at my store. Is it important that I know whether it’s lactose-free?