ISP explains data caps to FCC: Using the Internet is like eating Oreos

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: September 25, 2016 at 3:53:47 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] ISP explains data caps to FCC: Using the Internet is like eating Oreos
>
>
> ISP explains data caps to FCC: Using the Internet is like eating Oreos
>
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/internet-data-is-like-oreos-isp-claims-while-defending-data-caps/
>
>      Mediacom, a US cable company with a little over 1.1 million
>    Internet subscribers in 22 states, has put the matter to rest
>    by explaining to the Federal Communications Commission that
>    its customers shouldn't get unlimited data because using the
>    Internet is just like eating Oreos.  "You have to pay extra
>    for double-stuffed," Mediacom Senior VP and General Counsel
>    Joseph Young wrote in a filing with the FCC last week.
>
> - - -
>
> Also, there's lots of choices of cookies on the store shelves. Not so
> much for ISPs in the USA! Many people don't get any choice at all. And
> if you don't like Oreos, you're out of luck!
>
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