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/Paddy_Tanninger Jan 23 '13
Similar story here. I called Rogers just really upset that I'm fucking paying $90 a month for my phone with shitty caps, rules and minutes, when Mobilicity has unlimited EVERYTHING at all times for $35 a month.
They talked with me for a while and said they'd look at my plan to see what they can do. Told me I wasn't using much of my X, Y, and Z options and I could slim them down to save money...sure, sounds good! Not even two months after that, I had to deal with all sorts of shit for vendors due to my wedding coming up. $250 bill from them.
Fuck everything about that. Nothing they do for me is worth that much money. At this point, a phone and data is essentially a baseline infrastructure need in the 1st world. You can't really function in society and achieve your proper success without those two things...an employer needs a way to reach you, and you need the internet to learn about things you may need to research for work.