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- Report: data caps just a “cash cow” for Internet providers http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/report-data-caps-just-a-cash-cow-for-internet-providers/ 43 comments
- Net Neutrality, Data-Cap Legislation Lands in Senate: “A covered internet service provider may not, for purposes of measuring data usage or otherwise, provide preferential treatment of data that is based on the source or the content of the data,” Wyden’s bill reads. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/net-neutrality-data-bill 32 comments technology
- Internet providers push for two-tier Internet based on data caps: Geist http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2014/01/10/internet_providers_push_for_twotier_internet_based_on_data_caps_geist.html 21 comments technology
- Report: data caps just a “cash cow” for Internet providers | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/report-data-caps-just-a-cash-cow-for-internet-providers/ 6 comments technology
- Your internet provider can't pick which apps and services count against your data cap, says CRTC http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/crtc-zero-rating-differential-pricing-decision-videtron-net-neutrality-2017-1.4077717 29 comments technology
- The NY Times Gets It: "[Data] caps should not just be a way for Internet providers to extract monopoly rents." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/opinion/22fri2.html?_r=1 44 comments technology
- Providers are throwing fits but not changing their ways. Cox to start charging for Internet data cap overages. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/exclusive-cox-testing-usage-overage-fees-in-cleveland-133775 15 comments technology
- US wired internet providers are implementing data caps which will restrict, if not cripple, online video and modern usage of the internet. So reddit, what are we going to do about it? https://www.infoworld.com/print/203876 237 comments technology
- Internet provider Cox has expanded its home broadband data caps and overage fees https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/24/14375232/cox-communications-home-internet-data-cap-broadband-fcc 9 comments technology
- Americans Working From Home Face Internet Usage Limits - As more people rely on their home broadband for work and school during the coronavirus pandemic, providers are reinstating data caps https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-working-from-home-face-internet-usage-limits-11603638000 11 comments technology
- Report: data caps just a “cash cow” for Internet providers. Caps have remained steady evan as costs of delivering data have plunged. "The reason for this counterintuitive business model is that in the noncompetitive U.S. marketplace, it is highly profitable." http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/12/report-data-caps-just-a-cash-cow-for-internet-providers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28ars+technica+-+all+content%29 2026 comments technology
- The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns in a new report that Internet service providers could use data caps to impose higher prices on consumers, especially in markets where ISPs face little competition http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/data-caps-limited-competition-a-recipe-for-trouble-in-home-internet-service/ 18 comments technology