alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoPlease ban data caps, Internet users tell FCCarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarespoonbilllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoThe solution to lack of choice is even less choice? Fight monopolies by adding choice, not just accepting that monopolies/cartels are natural and just the way things have to be.
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoWHAT CHOICE!? Data caps are on all plans. What options are there? Lay out what you think the choices are.
minus-squarespoonbilllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours ago Data caps are on all plans. Nonsense. There are lots of plans without caps. Maybe not where you live, but at most that means caps should be banned where you live. IMHO it makes much more sense to require offering a cappless plan, rather than banning capped. Edit: Googling for “capless internet usa” gives as the first result https://broadbandnow.com/guides/no-data-caps, listing several providers.
The solution to lack of choice is even less choice?
Fight monopolies by adding choice, not just accepting that monopolies/cartels are natural and just the way things have to be.
WHAT CHOICE!? Data caps are on all plans. What options are there? Lay out what you think the choices are.
Nonsense. There are lots of plans without caps. Maybe not where you live, but at most that means caps should be banned where you live. IMHO it makes much more sense to require offering a cappless plan, rather than banning capped.
Edit: Googling for “capless internet usa” gives as the first result https://broadbandnow.com/guides/no-data-caps, listing several providers.