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Re:Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more... by LinuxBender on Monday November 23, 2020 @04:13PM (#25191993)
Northern California has had the cap for a long time. I had to negotiate a plan for 45 minutes with them to remove the cap, which including going to 1gb/s which I don't need. I suspect this will be more common anywhere that does not have competition or where ISP's wink-wink agree not to step on each others territory.
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Re:Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more... by pridkett on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:35PM (#25193253)
It’s not even a wink-wink. In many states, for example, Connecticut[1], the territory of each. cable provider is regulated by the state. There’s only a few tiny spots that have an overbuild of another provider. The state claims that DSL is competition, but let’s be real, 12mbps DSL is no longer competitive.

[1]: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/PURA/Cable/VideoProviderServic...

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