Re: FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes to Investigate Impact of Data Caps

[Crist Clark <cjc+nanog () pumpky net>]

Comcast still has data caps. My service is 1.2 TB per month. If we get
close, we get a warning email. If we were to go over (hasn’t happened yet),
we get billed per additional 500 MB.

However, I just looked at my account usage for the first time for a few
months, and somehow have had zero usage since March of this year.


On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 5:48 PM Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:

> On 6/15/23 3:19 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > While a lot of ISPs gave up on data caps, the language is still
> > lurking in many Terms Of Service.
> https://www.fcc.gov/document/chair-rosenworcel-proposes-investigate-impact-data-caps
> > proposed Notice of Inquiry to learn more about how broadband providers
> > use data caps on consumer plans. Data caps, or usage limits, are a
> > common practice where an internet service provider (ISP) restricts how
> > much bandwidth or data a consumer uses, though many broadband ISPs
> > temporarily or permanently refrained from enforcing or imposing data
> > caps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the agency
> > would like to better understand the current state of data caps, their
> > impact on consumers, and whether the Commission should consider taking
> > action to ensure that data caps do not cause harm to competition or
> > consumers’ ability to access
> > broadband Internet services.
>
> So why did they back off? Cost too much in support calls with pissed
> people? Bad publicity? People can't meaningfully use the offered
> bandwidth these days? Something else?
>
> Mike