Summary
Under incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr, plans to regulate broadband data caps are likely to end.
ISPs argue caps offer affordable options and promote fair pricing, while consumer groups claim they are unnecessary, harmful to low-income households, and purely profit-driven.
Critics point out that data caps don’t manage network congestion and were suspended during the pandemic without issues.
Supporters insist caps are needed for pricing flexibility and to avoid higher costs for low-data users.
The debate continues, with no regulation expected under the new FCC leadership.
Rosenworcel is chairperson until July, so why don’t they try to eliminate them anyway (or at any point since she took over in 2020)? Seems disingenuous to claim the new guy is going to stop the removal of data caps when the current leadership hasn’t done it either. I’ll have had to pay $1800 to Comcast to remove my data cap over the course of her 5 year term as FCC chair.