The data caps exist so that providers can fuck their subscribers. As it has always been. Text limits, roaming charges, etc. on mobile phones. Pepperidge Farms remembers.
ryobiguy on
Why they still exist? Because they haven’t been disallowed/outlawed/regulated to not exist anymore.
xyphon0010 on
Reason why they exist is because ISPs 1) subscribe more customers than their bandwidth is capable of handling 2) Do not expand or upgrade to expand that bandwidth and 3) So they can charge fat fees for going over that bandwidth cap.
celtic1888 on
Because ‘fuck you’
That’s why they exist
marlinspike on
It’s 2024. Data is virtually free. Storage is one of the cheapest things you can buy in cloud. Why we have limits that are counted in Gigs is simply a profit, or rather an extortion motive. There is no other explanation.
celtic1888 on
Senator Marsha Comcast …. I mean Marsha Blackburn is up for re-election this year in TN
If you want things to change vote this bought and paid for shill out of office
Fallom_ on
Fiber started expanding in my state and mysteriously Comcast “temporarily delayed the planned data cap rollout.” It’s been a few years and they haven’t tried again.
Geekboxing on
TL;DR for FCC: Money, the answer is money
maq0r on
Because data caps have been the “subsidy” to deploy 5G (even tho we already gave telecoms billions and they did nothing). So now that data caps won’t affect saturation like before the deployment they are not gonna remove them and lose on those profits.
Now the gamble is on them. They know the FCC wants to “look at data caps” I wonder if this is a signal for them to start competing on data caps “First ones to remove data caps!!” and pressure the others to follow suit.
Or they’ll eventually bribe some new Ajit Pai that’ll say data caps are legal under the second amendment or something.
Utjunkie on
Comcast only does it to make money. There is no technological issue for their network.
CyrilAdekia on
>why they still exist
Mr Krabs: MONEY!
BeatitLikeitowesMe on
Greed. There, saved ya a bunch of money.
Master_Engineering_9 on
They exist to charge more money. Simple
QuietGiygas56 on
Abolish them. Also fuck mediacom
TheJpow on
>Why they still exist
Because Dolla Dolla Bill
Test_this-1 on
Simple. They exist so Concast and other ISPs can rape us on “overage fees”.
TicTac_No on
Prophet?
Profit.
Fit.
Pro.
Plan.
This.
Money.
Money.
Money.
Oh, sorry.
I got stuck.
In the Money.
Money.
Money…
korkidog on
I have data caps with Mediacom. It’s that or nothing
Daneyn on
Why they still exist is really really Simple: $$$$. That’s it. It’s additional Revenue from those who exceed the caps. Duh. Why do you need a study for this. My previous ISP had it. It’s the only ISP I’ve ever had that actually had a data cap and billed you more since I started using broadband – why did I use them? Simple – Lack of available choices at the time. It was either Frontier Wireless – which was DSL speeds. Or Comcast. about a year and a half ago, a newcomer came into the area: Google Fiber. How long did it take me to switch over to them? The day the service was turned on my area – I WATCHED them dig the trench where the fiber lines were laid down in the streets and asked “When when when”. When I canceled my service with comcast – their question was simple: who are you switching to? I told them Google fiber due to lack of data caps.
Captain_Vegetable on
During the pandemic ISPs suspended data caps without any negative impact on their networks or customers. There’s no valid technical justification for them, they’re just a cash grab.
agent_moler on
Because the lobbyists pay the fcc to look the other way.
kmaster54321 on
Broadband but also mobile. Why do cell carriers have data caps?
texhboy on
Get rid of them and screw cox communications for their price gouging and monopolistic business practices
AbyssalRedemption on
Genuine question: does the FTC have the power to actually do anything about this ever since the Chevron decision repeal?
getSome010 on
The FCC seriously needs to work harder. They literally do not do anything
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Internet should be a public utility.
The data caps exist so that providers can fuck their subscribers. As it has always been. Text limits, roaming charges, etc. on mobile phones. Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Why they still exist? Because they haven’t been disallowed/outlawed/regulated to not exist anymore.
Reason why they exist is because ISPs 1) subscribe more customers than their bandwidth is capable of handling 2) Do not expand or upgrade to expand that bandwidth and 3) So they can charge fat fees for going over that bandwidth cap.
Because ‘fuck you’
That’s why they exist
It’s 2024. Data is virtually free. Storage is one of the cheapest things you can buy in cloud. Why we have limits that are counted in Gigs is simply a profit, or rather an extortion motive. There is no other explanation.
Senator Marsha Comcast …. I mean Marsha Blackburn is up for re-election this year in TN
If you want things to change vote this bought and paid for shill out of office
Fiber started expanding in my state and mysteriously Comcast “temporarily delayed the planned data cap rollout.” It’s been a few years and they haven’t tried again.
TL;DR for FCC: Money, the answer is money
Because data caps have been the “subsidy” to deploy 5G (even tho we already gave telecoms billions and they did nothing). So now that data caps won’t affect saturation like before the deployment they are not gonna remove them and lose on those profits.
Now the gamble is on them. They know the FCC wants to “look at data caps” I wonder if this is a signal for them to start competing on data caps “First ones to remove data caps!!” and pressure the others to follow suit.
Or they’ll eventually bribe some new Ajit Pai that’ll say data caps are legal under the second amendment or something.
Comcast only does it to make money. There is no technological issue for their network.
>why they still exist
Mr Krabs: MONEY!
Greed. There, saved ya a bunch of money.
They exist to charge more money. Simple
Abolish them. Also fuck mediacom
>Why they still exist
Because Dolla Dolla Bill
Simple. They exist so Concast and other ISPs can rape us on “overage fees”.
Prophet?
Profit.
Fit.
Pro.
Plan.
This.
Money.
Money.
Money.
Oh, sorry.
I got stuck.
In the Money.
Money.
Money…
I have data caps with Mediacom. It’s that or nothing
Why they still exist is really really Simple: $$$$. That’s it. It’s additional Revenue from those who exceed the caps. Duh. Why do you need a study for this. My previous ISP had it. It’s the only ISP I’ve ever had that actually had a data cap and billed you more since I started using broadband – why did I use them? Simple – Lack of available choices at the time. It was either Frontier Wireless – which was DSL speeds. Or Comcast. about a year and a half ago, a newcomer came into the area: Google Fiber. How long did it take me to switch over to them? The day the service was turned on my area – I WATCHED them dig the trench where the fiber lines were laid down in the streets and asked “When when when”. When I canceled my service with comcast – their question was simple: who are you switching to? I told them Google fiber due to lack of data caps.
During the pandemic ISPs suspended data caps without any negative impact on their networks or customers. There’s no valid technical justification for them, they’re just a cash grab.
Because the lobbyists pay the fcc to look the other way.
Broadband but also mobile. Why do cell carriers have data caps?
Get rid of them and screw cox communications for their price gouging and monopolistic business practices
Genuine question: does the FTC have the power to actually do anything about this ever since the Chevron decision repeal?
The FCC seriously needs to work harder. They literally do not do anything
ISP monopoly needs to be squashed.