wireline Internet Bandwith caps are a LIE

Wire-line Internet Bandwidth caps are a LIE. Don't believe the your ISP's lie.

From Tech News Today 280

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Netflix: Is it broadband's cash cow or data hog?
Netflix Gen. Counsel David Hyman wrote an opinion piece titled "Why Bandwidth Pricing is Anti-Competitive" which ran in the WSJ and calls out ISPs for tiered plans
Hyman says the charges levied by the ISPs don't reflect the actual cost to increase bandwidth:
Says 1GB of data costs ISPs about 1 penny for wireline ISPs
"Wireline bandwidth is an almost unlimited resource due to advances in Internet architecture"
argues usage-based plans hurt Skype, Hulu, and Netflix. "With online-content delivery providers like Netflix and voice services like Skype experiencing explosive growth, competitors see consumption-based billing as a convenient way to slow that growth by making the use of online services more expensive."

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• computer
• internet
• bandwidth
• isp