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    Die FCC untersucht die Auswirkungen von Breitband-Datenbeschränkungen und warum es sie immer noch gibt


    Die FCC untersucht die Auswirkungen von Breitband-Datenbeschränkungen und warum es sie immer noch gibt

    https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24271148/fcc-data-cap-impact-consumers-inquiry

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    2. BeltfedOne on

      The data caps exist so that providers can fuck their subscribers. As it has always been. Text limits, roaming charges, etc. on mobile phones. Pepperidge Farms remembers.

    3. ryobiguy on

      Why they still exist? Because they haven’t been disallowed/outlawed/regulated to not exist anymore.

    4. xyphon0010 on

      Reason why they exist is because ISPs 1) subscribe more customers than their bandwidth is capable of handling 2) Do not expand or upgrade to expand that bandwidth and 3) So they can charge fat fees for going over that bandwidth cap.

    6. marlinspike on

      It’s 2024. Data is virtually free. Storage is one of the cheapest things you can buy in cloud. Why we have limits that are counted in Gigs is simply a profit, or rather an extortion motive. There is no other explanation.

    7. celtic1888 on

      Senator Marsha Comcast …. I mean Marsha Blackburn is up for re-election this year in TN

      If you want things to change vote this bought and paid for shill out of office

    8. Fallom_ on

      Fiber started expanding in my state and mysteriously Comcast “temporarily delayed the planned data cap rollout.” It’s been a few years and they haven’t tried again.

    10. maq0r on

      Because data caps have been the “subsidy” to deploy 5G (even tho we already gave telecoms billions and they did nothing). So now that data caps won’t affect saturation like before the deployment they are not gonna remove them and lose on those profits.

      Now the gamble is on them. They know the FCC wants to “look at data caps” I wonder if this is a signal for them to start competing on data caps “First ones to remove data caps!!” and pressure the others to follow suit.

      Or they’ll eventually bribe some new Ajit Pai that’ll say data caps are legal under the second amendment or something.

    11. Utjunkie on

      Comcast only does it to make money. There is no technological issue for their network.

    16. ptahbaphomet on

      GOP deregulation. No regulations companies are able to give the finger to consumers and in return they fill GOP campaign coffers. America needs to end corruption in the government. Americans pay to play in taxes not corporate campaign funds. Vote the villains and thieves out

    18. Test_this-1 on

      Simple. They exist so Concast and other ISPs can rape us on “overage fees”.

    19. TicTac_No on

      Prophet?
      Profit.
      Fit.
      Pro.
      Plan.
      This.
      Money.
      Money.
      Money.
      Oh, sorry.
      I got stuck.
      In the Money.
      Money.
      Money…

    21. Daneyn on

      Why they still exist is really really Simple: $$$$. That’s it. It’s additional Revenue from those who exceed the caps. Duh. Why do you need a study for this. My previous ISP had it. It’s the only ISP I’ve ever had that actually had a data cap and billed you more since I started using broadband – why did I use them? Simple – Lack of available choices at the time. It was either Frontier Wireless – which was DSL speeds. Or Comcast. about a year and a half ago, a newcomer came into the area: Google Fiber. How long did it take me to switch over to them? The day the service was turned on my area – I WATCHED them dig the trench where the fiber lines were laid down in the streets and asked “When when when”. When I canceled my service with comcast – their question was simple: who are you switching to? I told them Google fiber due to lack of data caps.

    22. Captain_Vegetable on

      During the pandemic ISPs suspended data caps without any negative impact on their networks or customers. There’s no valid technical justification for them, they’re just a cash grab.

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