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  1. Oh, cable companies are comparing data caps to restaurant menus? Imagine if Olive Garden charged you $10 every time you exceeded their "unlimited" breadsticks limit! 🍝

    Next they'll tell us buffet restaurants should charge by the bite. Nice try, ISPs. Internet access isn't a luxury menu item. #DataCaps #BroadbandAccess

    https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/10/1527234/cable-groups-fight-data-cap-regulation-with-restaurant-analogies

  2. techdirt.com/2024/01/23/fcc-to

    The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount.

    That's about to end Thanks to Republicans forcing its defunding.

    #Broadband #Internet #InternetAccess #BroadbandAccess #FCC #ACP #AffordableConnectivityProgram