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How Bandwidth Caps Hurt Your Mac and What Apple Can Do About It

Stevie Converse — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:14:37 -0400

Full article: Apple
Dave Greenbaum
With "standard" broadband service capped at a mere 3GB bandwidth per month in cities like Lawrence, Kan., simple downloads from iTunes, software updates and backup services like MobileMe can render a customers' Internet connection useless for a month. Apple should be leading the charge against bandwidth caps and support the Broadband Internet Fairness Act.

Broadband Internet Fairness Act

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:29:39 -0400

The Broadband Internet Fairness Act, introduced by Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), would give the government explicit authority to prevent broadband providers from overcharging for Internet access. Free Press strongly supports this bill.

Free Press Urges Congress to Investigate Internet Pricing Schemes

Jen Howard — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:11:50 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Free Press has called for an investigation into controversial pricing schemes from Internet service providers like Time Warner Cable, AT&T and wireless carriers in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Free Press Organizes Nationwide Opposition to Time Warner Cable Metering

Jen Howard — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:17:17 -0400

WASHINGTON -- In response to Time Warner Cable's announcement yesterday that it will move forward with plans to limit consumers' Internet use, Free Press is urging its 500,000 members to voice their opposition to Congress.

Metered Nation

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:54:54 -0500

Full article: RCR Wireless
Jeffrey Silva
The notion of unlimited free online content is mostly illusion and will remain that way for reasons of economics, the laws of physics, politics and the rest. Politicians and industry have their sights set on squeezing more money out of each consumer through taxation and metering.

Putting a Meter on the Computer for Internet Use

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:45:38 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Peter Wayner
In Beaumont, Texas, Time Warner offers broadband plans with limits between 5 gigabytes and 40 gigabytes. What Time Warner is experimenting with in Beaumont may very well be the way phone and cable companies sell Internet service in the future.

Comcast E-mailing Customers About Caps

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:57:29 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
For those Comcast customers who don't watch the news and didn't know that the company will be imposing a 250GB cap starting October 1, the nation's largest cable operator has started sending them an e-mail alerting them to the changes.

Comcast Pays Florida $150K for Misleading Consumers

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:32 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
After being investigated by the state of Florida for booting users without making service limits clear, Comcast divulged that the company has actually been booting the top 1,000 users without regard to consumption total.

Fla. Agreement Sheds New Light on Comcast Cut Off Policies

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:38:37 -0400

Full article: Public Knowledge
Art Brodsky
Prior to setting a cap on the amount of bandwidth a high-volume customer could use before having service terminated, Comcast instead cut off a set number of users regardless of how much bandwidth they used, according to documents released by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

Comcast Limits Monthly Downloads

Stevie Converse — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:10:01 -0400

Full article: Carlini's Comments
James Carlini
Now that some cable companies will meter usage, how will they let customers know how much bandwidth they are using? And how reliable is their metering capabilities?