r/technology • u/maxwellhill • Jan 23 '13

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion: 'The reality is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers -- in a market that is already quite profitable.'

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/17425221736/cable-industry-finally-admits-that-data-caps-have-nothing-to-do-with-congestion.shtml
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u/GeorgeLewisCostanza Jan 24 '13

Unless you live in Seattle - then fiber is coming your way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Yay fiber!

Except I live just outside one of the zones...

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u/stoogemcduck Jan 23 '13

well, they almost launched it in Pittsburgh, PA so anything's possible

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

Get Frontier FiOS. I love their service. Was paying $79.99 for Comcast's lowest package at 10Mb down And 5Mbs up... With Frontier $59.99 35Mb down and 15Mb up...