Consumers deserve to know exactly what they’re getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan,” she added. “The wireless industry has invested billions to improve service coverage, reliability and data speeds, and consumers’ demand for 4G is expected to explode. But consumers need to know the truth about the speeds they’re actually getting.

Why do I think carriers are going to lobby to have this bill killed. It’s a good idea, but I’ll bet they’ll argue there are too many variables to accurately detail speeds.

New bill would require mobile carriers to detail 4G speeds | Macworld