The FCC Is “Looking Into” Shitty, Technically Unnecessary Broadband Usage Caps

Techdirt. 2024-10-18

Summary:

For many, many years we’ve pointed out that broadband usage caps are hugely profitable bullshit, used by regional telecom monopolies to rip off captive customers. The limits serve no technical purpose outside of price gouging. ISPs like Comcast spent years pretending they were necessary to “manage network congestion,” but after numerous journalists, academics, executives, and […]

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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/18/the-fcc-is-looking-into-shitty-technically-unnecessary-broadband-usage-caps/

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Authors:

Karl Bode

Date tagged:

10/18/2024, 18:36

Date published:

10/18/2024, 14:54