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

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

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> From: Manny Farber <manny () manny com>
> Date: September 26, 2016 at 12:21:59 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] ISP explains data caps to FCC: Using the Internet is like eating Oreos
>
> Actually, the double stuff are cheaper per ounce.  Double stuff are $0.17/oz
> https://www.amazon.com/Oreo-Chocolate-Sandwich-Cookies-15-35-Ounce/dp/B0062Q5W54
>
> The normal ones, even in a larger family size package, are $0.19/oz
> https://www.amazon.com/Oreo-Chocolate-Sandwich-Cookies-19-1-Ounce/dp/B00R2O5JD0
>
> I think Mediacom's premise is that the Internet is the creme filling, in which case the
> double stuff is the double-plus value.
>
>
> > On Sep 25, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > 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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