FCC launches a formal inquiry into why broadband data caps are terrible www.engadget.com/big...#FCC#DataCaps#ISPs#InternetService#Consumers#Internet#USA#Tech
The Federal Communications Commission is once more looking into broadband data caps and wants to hear about how they impact consumers.
To better understand the impact data caps have on consumers and competition, the FCC has invited consumers to share their experiences and released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI). www.fcc.gov/data-caps#FCC#DataCaps#ISPs#InternetService#Consumers#Internet#USA
yeah these meters have been broken and weirdly nontransparent for years at most ISPs, but because our regulators are hollow pumpkins it never seems to matter
Even worse is the systems to check how close you are to your limit. Cox updates those systems every 24 hours, so consumers that 24 hour blocks where they have no idea how much bandwidth they've used. ISPs are at full enshitification with random surprise fees, just like airlines.
ISPs are leveraging recent corrupt Supreme Court rulings to declare the FCC has effectively NO authority to engage in any consumer protection any more, so expect lots of legal battles even if the FCC actually does have the courage to take action. And of course if Trump wins, forget about it.
The Supreme Court issued a recent ruling that could take an absolute wrecking ball to everything from consumer protection and environmental reform to public safety. It was a ruling that dismantled âŠ
I've written for decades about how telecom monopolies use broadband usage caps to price gouge captive customers. They serve no technically function, don't fix network congestion, and can be abused anti-competitively by ISPs. It's 2024 and the FCC is finally "taking a look" at the problem:
Will the FCC put a limit on internet data caps?
This is rad! Iâm interested in how connectivity interacts with the âedge.â Generally, connectivity is location based and uses BGP to route to the closest POP for most major ISPs. How does routing work from space?! Is there a single, regional endpoint?
Make the ISPs disclose the % of their clients that are being forced to pay for upgraded plans because of data cap nonsense. The trend year over year should show how an increasing ratio of their clients are being scammed into paying for something that costs the ISPs virtually nothing to provide.
ISPs implemented data caps early on that were reasonable at the time knowing that people were moving to streaming services and that more people were upgrading to 4K TVs. It was only a matter of time until the data caps became a 99% pure profit gain for them as they forced "upgraded" plans on people.
80% der 40% hatte wohl ich. Davon 25% Bitcoin-Erpressermails, von denen ich 50% untersucht und 500 Bitcoin-Adressen gecheckt und bei der Polizei angezeigt habe. Von den normalen Phishingmails habe ich ca. 20% nachverfolgt und den ISPs gemeldet, von denen 10% stillgelegt wurden. Höllenjob