Data caps are a business decision—not a network necessity, Frontier says

Fun fact: This is what a data transfer looks like when you're inside an Internet tube. (credit: Getty Images | Yuri_Arcurs)

Frontier Communications, newly expanded after purchasing Verizon wireline networks in three states, says it has no plans to impose Comcast-style data overage charges.

"We have not really started or have any intent about initiatives around usage-based pricing," CEO Daniel McCarthy told investors Wednesday at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference. "We want to make sure our product meets the needs of customers for what they want to do, and it doesn't inhibit them or force them to make different decisions about how they're going to use the product."

FierceTelecom has a story about McCarthy's comments, and audio is available here.