Tag: Data cap
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Comcast Delays Data Caps Again, Until 2022
In November, Comcast notified customers in northeast states that they would start seeing a data cap on their internet plans at the beginning of this year. The company saw immediate backlash from both customers and state reps. After Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro negotiated with the company, Comcast agreed to push back data caps to…
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Comcast Agrees to Delay Data Cap Until July 2021
In November, we reported that Comcast posted a notice for customers in northeast states, alerting them that their internet plans would be getting a data cap at the beginning of this year. After pushback from customers, state representatives, and now the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Comcast has agreed not to put data caps into effect until July. While…
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Charter Withdraws FCC Request to Add Data Caps on Spectrum Accounts
Charter Communications has withdrawn its request to the FCC asking permission to put data caps on Spectrum accounts. We reported back in July that Charter had asked the FCC to remove conditions of its merger with Time Warner that prohibit the cable company from implementing a data cap. In the order to approve the merger…
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Comcast is Introducing a Data Cap in Northeast States
Beginning in January, Comcast will introduce its 1.2 TB data cap on Xfinity Internet plans, including those in states where Comcast previously did not have a cap. Stop the Cap first spotted the notice from Comcast which will impact those in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New…
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Concern Over Data Caps Grows as Coronavirus Fears Keep People at Home
As responses and precautions to the ongoing Coronavirus threat evolve, many are staying indoors — working from home during the day and opting to spend evenings in. The increase in video conferencing and streaming video is putting more demand on home internet usage, potentially raising the risk of hitting and exceeding monthly data usage caps.…
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5 Tips to Help You Stay Under Your Data Cap With Cord Cutting
Data caps have often been called an attack on cord cutters; however, don’t let them scare you away from becoming a cord cutter. You can be a cord cutter even if your Internet service provider (ISP) has a data cap. When my family became cord cutters we had a data cap from our DSL provider…
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Should Cord Cutters Be Worried About a Data Cap? We Answer Your Questions
Cord cutting is an amazing way to save a ton of time; however, to get access to most of the services you still need an Internet connection. For many with data caps that raises the question of how they can stream what they want without running into their data cap. Often our readers reach out asking…
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5 Tips to Help You Stay Under Your Data Cap
Data caps have often been called an attack on cord cutters; however, don’t let them scare you away from becoming a cord cutter. You can be a cord cutter even if your Internet service provider (ISP) has a data cap. When my family became cord cutters we had a data cap from our DSL provider…
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5 Tips to Help You Stay Under Your Data Cap
Data caps have often been called an attack on cord cutters; however, don’t let them scare you away from becoming a cord cutter. You can be a cord cutter even if your Internet service provider (ISP) has a data cap. When my family became cord cutters we had a data cap from our DSL provider…
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T-Mobile Wants to Be the Cord Cutter’s Wireless Service
T-Mobile has been pushing hard to become the wireless phone provider for cord cutters. Recently it announced plans to offer free Netflix and, in the past, has even offered free DIRECTV NOW to some subscribers. Now T-Mobile has raised its data cap to 50GB a month starting today. Although it offers unlimited data, it does…