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To: Alighieri who wrote (830260)	1/16/2015 11:00:03 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1577194

>> For folks around me that can't get DSL, the only option is satellite internet, for which data limits (as well as latency) are severe. Even for DSL, ATT has stealthily imposed data limits that one has to monitor to keep from running up large fees. I agree the AT&T DSL data limits are an annoyance; but they are fairly reasonable given usage patterns. I can't see any reason that a person who uses 2GB of data in a month ought to charged the same as a person who uses 200GB. Competition, in most places, deals with these issues. I do not believe it is all about profits, however. These networks are expensive to build out and if you don't charge for the bandwidth you will have a few customers who suck up a huge portion of it. So, while I don't like the caps, I understand why you have to have them. It is far better than, for example, having the FCC telling ISPs what to do -- which invariably will end up in mis-allocation and extreme anomalies in pricing.

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