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Originally Posted by crockett
They have only been able to do this since net neutrality ended. When the FCC decided they didn't have the authority to push net neutrality. After that cable companies have been greasing g the pockets of Congress and fighting every attempt to make net neutrality law.
During this time, they have also started introducing these data caps and pushing in the walls of a free Internet until they can charge you for every gig you use. Meanwhile their networks run on got subsidized data lines..
Before net neutrality ended, they could not cap data usage.
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I moved into the house I am living in now back in 2004. At the time the best internet speed I could get was 10Mbps. It had a 100gb cap on it. If I used more transfer than that I had to pay extra. I'm pretty sure this was before any talk of net neutrality.