#data-cap — Public Fediverse posts

#Cable companies and Trump’s #FCC chair agree: Data caps are good for you
#trump #datacap

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/cable-companies-and-trumps-fcc-chair-agree-data-caps-are-good-for-you/

I’m flying to San Francisco Monday evening for Google I/O–which I last covered in person in 2019. That feels like a lot longer than five years ago, both for the obvious reason of the pandemic in between and because of how much my lineup of freelance clients has changed since then.

5/8/2024: CTIA’s 5G summit sees renewed pleas for FCC’s spectrum authority, Light Reading

After spending Monday afternoon at this wireless-industry gathering in D.C., I needed to get some context about the politics behind the weird lapse of the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum. Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld came through Tuesday afternoon, lending his insight in an info-dense call that yielded far more notes than I could put into this piece.

5/9/2024: Comcast Now Offers No-Data-Cap, No-Contract Broadband Nationwide, PCMag

Comcast writes the “Now” in “Now Internet” in all caps, and every time I see a company use the Caps Lock key as an attention-grabbing device I remember how my old Post colleague Bill Walsh wouldn’t stand for that. Fortunately, PCMag also declines to put brand names in all caps when they’ve never been abbreviations for anything.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/12/weekly-output-fcc-spectrum-authority-comcasts-new-no-data-cap-broadband/

#Comcast #CTIA #dataCap #FCC #FederalCommunicationsCommission #GoogleIO #midband5G #spectrum #Xfinity

Oh, fine, Xfinity, I'll give in. I'll use your equipment just to avoid that stupid data cap you implemented.

But I'm putting the thing in bridged mode first chance I get!

#Xfinity #DataCap #HomeNetworking

Too many users abused unlimited Dropbox plans, so they’re getting limits - Enlarge (credit: Dropbox)

Sometimes the honor system just does... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1963405 #dropboxadvanced #dropboxdownload #cloudstorage #googledrive #onedrive #datacap #dropbox #biz⁢ #policy #tech

If data caps are making your online life harder, the #FCC wants to know

Whether you knew it or your not, your life online may be circumscribed by a cap on your home #internet plan. Now, the FCC wants to hear your story.
#datacap

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/21/fcc-home-internet-data-cap-investigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage

Early this morning I received a text message that stated: “You've used 90% of your Xfinity Internet data for November 2022.”

So I just started streaming another Netflix TV show in 4K… let’s make that 100% eh?!

Stupid data caps. I live by myself, the fact that I can do 1.2 Tb with all legal content means it’s a cap that is too low!

#DataCap #Xfinity #Comcast

Starting December Starlink will start throttling home internet for customers who use more than 1TB of data per month during peak hours. Any data used between 11PM and 7AM doesn’t count.

#starlink #spacex #elonmusk #isp #internet #broadband #satellite #datacap

Comcast delays data caps in Northeast US for at least another year - Enlarge / Comcast's xFi Advanced Gateway. (credit: Getty Images | Jeff ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1821195 #comcast #datacap #biz&it #policy

Comcast data cap blasted by lawmakers as it expands into 12 more states - Enlarge / A Comcast van in Sunnyvale, California, in November 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Andrei ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1733025 #massachusetts #comcast #datacap #biz&it #policy

Comcast’s data cap finally goes nationwide in expansion to 12 more states - Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images)
Comcast's 1.2TB monthly data cap is coming to 12 m... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1725050 #comcast #datacap #biz&it

Comcast waives data cap until at least June 30 in response to pandemic - Enlarge / A Comcast van in Sunnyvale, California, in November 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Andrei ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1671472 #pandemic #comcast #datacap #biz&it