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I thought data caps for home internet were a thing of the past…

I’ve somewhat recently moved back to a very rural area of the Midwest. Small town. No stop lights. Biggest businesses other than the bars are Casey’s, Subway, and Dollar General.

And we have one ISP (not counting DSL) — Mediacom. When we first signed up, I had to go with the second service tier. But not because of speeds, but so I could have a reasonable 1 TB/mo data cap.

Lucky me, they increased the cap to 1.5 TB. 🙄

I hope that in my lifetime I can see ISPs regulated as a public utility.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Well, the internet companies have successfully bribed politicians to avoid competition. This is just the normal result of everyday corruption.

[-] Indicah@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Capitalism working as intended

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hey! I'll have you know that Comcast and Time Warner are in the fiercest of competitions. They are practically bankrupting themselves while slashing each other's throats. /s

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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