• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    Just to be clear. Comcast which is a major ISP for the United States has data caps?

    I will never understand why the United States insists on living about 30 years behind the rest of the planet.

    • xonigo@lemm.ee
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      1 hour ago

      I have a gigabit internet plan with Comcast , cost me $80 a month. And yes there is a 1.2tb data cap each month. Every 50gb that you go over, you are automatically charged an additional $10. Oh I’ll just choose another ISP…nope Comcast is the only option in my town. Not unless I want 5G cell Internet or satellite which is not super reliable or fast.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      53 minutes ago

      Capitalism, an oligarchy that controls major players, and legislation to keep public players out of the game in a lot of places. Even aside from the fact that private companies are able to prevent municipalities from making their own networks, Congress passed taxes to build out a fiber network and let the ISPs do fuck all, to the point that we had been taxed to the tune of $400 BILLION dollars A FUCKING DECADE AGO.

      It constantly amazes me the shit our government lets corporations get away with.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Depends on where you live, most places Comcast just has soft caps.

      The US is actually moving further back. Data caps are a newer thing.