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[ PRIVACY Forum ] FCC Hires New Bandwidth Cap Loving Chief Economist,
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Fri Dec 28 14:34:06 2012
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:16:02 -0800
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FCC Hires New Bandwidth Cap Loving Chief Economist, linked to ISP industry
http://j.mp/Ur2WTT (DSL Reports)
Except Wildman just got done penning a National Cable &
Telecommunications Association paper supporting the industry's use of
punitive caps and costly per-byte overages. "...The effects of
well-designed [usage-based pricing] plans on consumers are likely to
be beneficial, as are the effects of UBP on investments in the
broadband infrastructure," insisted Wildman in the cable industry
sponsored paper (pdf). That claim runs contrary to the facts on the
ground. Wildman only has to ask Canadian broadband customers in our
forums, who suffer from the most egregious caps and overages in the
world, just how much the pricing model has "benefited" them.
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