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

[Keith Stokes <keiths () salonbiz com>]

Cox also has a 1.2 TB cap.

If I can believe my graphs, the metered Cox connection (video streaming primarily for wife) is about 90 GB the month of 
April and the unmetered ATT fiber WFH for me is about 370 GB. Total LAN is about 450 GB. Napkin math but it's pretty 
close.

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


I always looked at Comcast's caps as pre-emptive fodder for future FCC bargaining. The next time they want to do 
something with the FCC's approval and the commission wanted a concession, they would offer it up for the block.

-Steve



On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 1:41 AM Crist Clark <cjc+nanog () pumpky net<mailto:cjc%2Bnanog () pumpky net>> wrote:
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<mailto: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