Data Caps

When The FCC Chairman Comforted Cable

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.24.2012

Art Brodsky

There probably was no great need for Comcast to raise the usage caps on its broadband service, as it did last week from 250 GB to 300 GB per month. If the company thought for an instant that the modest increase bought it any good will from its theoretical regulators, it needn't have bothered.

Internet Rationing Latest Threat to Watching Video Online

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.02.2011

Art Brodsky

AT&T's announcement that it would start to throttle the "heaviest users" on its wireless network is only the latest in a series of developments that place the idea of a thriving, useful Internet at risk.

How To Prepare For Verizon's Impending Data Caps

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 09.04.2011

NEW YORK — Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler? New Verizon Wireless customers will have to figure that out starting Thursday as the c...

Rep. Markey Blasts AT&T's Plan To Cap Internet Use

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

If AT&T's plan to begin capping broadband usage worries you, you're not alone. Democratic Representative Edward Markey expressed his concerns over ...

AT&T To Cap Internet Use

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Lovers of streaming movies may soon have to pay for the privilege of online film binges. AT&T will begin capping customers based on data usage, accord...