Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again
by aednichols on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:21AM
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It is not just an issue of deceptive marketing. If the FCC intervenes minimally and just mandates a data cap disclosure (that most won’t read), you will still be stuck with a cap.
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Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again
by dogleash on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:37AM
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You're right, and I agree. I wouldn't consider such a disclosure requirement to be make it no longer deceptive. It's just enshrining their deception in law. Like how all the spam in my inbox is (or at least masquerades as) CAN-SPAM act compliant junkmail. Following the law doesn't make it not-spam to anyone but the bloodsucking advertisers that were able to influence the legal definition.
Re:The FCC wants to regulate broadband data caps again
by mindslight on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:06PM
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Yes, it's an issue of price gouging as well. If a basic plan is say 10TB/mo for $100, then overages shouldn't be allowed to be greater than $10/TB. In general plans should have to be a linear (or sublinear) combination of connection fee and data used.
(Not that I have a dog in this fight. Municipal fiber ftfw. Unless you live somewhere that already has 3+ competing providers, the only question you should be asking is "what will it take?")