On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:02:44 -0600, Fred wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote:
"Listen up, TV advertisers: Big Brother is muting you! Well, not entirely.
But beginning at midnight tonight, new Federal Communications Commission
rules will bar television networks from blasting viewers with those
excessively loud, screamy commercial breaks. At last you can retrieve your
sanity from Empire Carpet and the KIA Hamsters. (The rules will not,
however, get those damn kids off your lawn.) Adopted a year ago Thursday,
the rules "will require commercials to have the same average volume as the
programs they accompany," the FCC says. "

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012...awed-fcc-rules

I wonder if the FCC requirement applies to Internet commercials/advertising
also?

I sort of doubt it.

My friend says there even louder than TV commercials, but it's only
been a day and she hasn't said if they've changed.