Tag: data caps
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WOW! Internet Quietly Removed Its Data Caps on Some Internet Plans To Compete With 5G Home Internet
It looks like WOW! Internet made some changes to its service plans to remove data caps from select plans. Wow!, first added data caps back in 2021 with up to a 3 TB data caps. At the time of publication, the provider’s FAQ page still says it uses data caps to ensure “all customers have…
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The Death of Data Caps? – Here is How You Can Help The FCC End Data Caps
One of the biggest questions we get with cord cutting is about data caps. People worry that they will get extra internet fees by streaming a lot of video. Data caps have turned into a huge profit center for internet service providers. The good news is the FCC is looking into data caps and may…
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The FCC Wants to Investigate Data Caps – Here is How You Can Help Stop Data Caps
Data caps have turned into a huge profit center for internet service providers. Now FCC Chairwomen Rosenworcel wants to investigate these data caps. Depending on how this investigation workout, it may result in new rules on how internet service providers can impose data caps. In particular, the FCC would like to better understand the current…
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Spectrum Is Now Able to Add Data Caps As Its FCC Deal Ends
On May 18th, 2023, Spectrum’s deal with the FCC to not impose data caps on their customers has come to an end. This means that Spectrum is now able to follow Comcast and others to impose data caps. Back in 2016, Charter closed a deal to buy Time Warner Cable. This newly merged company became…
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Data Caps Are Likely Coming to Spectrum Customers Soon
Back in 2016, Charter closed a deal to buy Time Warner Cable. This newly merged company became what we know as Spectrum. To get the deal approved by the FCC, Spectrum agreed not to impose any data caps on its internet customers until 2023. Now that time is coming up, and Spectrum is expected to…
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Comcast Scraps Plans for Data Caps in Northeast States
With many Comcast Xfinity customers already dealing with data caps, the company notified customers in northeast states in November 2020 that they would start seeing a data cap on their internet plans as well at the beginning of 2021. That plan was delayed and now Comcast is delaying the data caps again. Light Reading reported last…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Roku’s New Gear, YouTube TV’s Add-Ons, and More
This week, Roku released its Q4 earnings report and we learned about a potential new remote control for the company’s streaming devices. Elsewhere, YouTube TV announced some interesting new features and a premium channel add-on option. Here’s what happened in the world of cord cutting and streaming. Breaking News Here are some of the top…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: AT&T vs. Cox, Comcast Delays Data Caps, and More
This week, we covered the ongoing dispute between AT&T and Cox that has resulted in several Cox-owned stations going dark for AT&T TV and DirecTV customers. Meanwhile, Disney+ launched its new bundle that includes ESPN+ and the ad-free tier of Hulu. And Comcast has agreed to delay new data caps for some of its customers.…
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State Reps Fight Back Against Comcast Data Caps
Comcast posted a notice for customers in northeast states in November, letting them know that a data cap would go into effect at the beginning of this year. Now, state representatives in Massachusetts have proposed a ban on data caps and increased prices for internet service during the pandemic. The notice was made for customers…
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Netflix Outlines New Tricks to Offer More Data-Cap-Friendly 4K
In a lengthy and detailed post published on the Netflix Technology Blog, a group that focuses on encoding and video algorithms laid out new techniques they hope will offer up higher-quality video for subscribers. In some cases, their internal testing has offered similar video quality at half the bitrate of their current encoding techniques —…