Small ISP cancels data caps permanently after reviewing pandemic usage:
The coronavirus pandemic caused big ISPs to put data caps on hold for a few months, but one small ISP is going a big step further and canceling the arbitrary monthly limits permanently. Antietam Broadband, which serves Washington County in Maryland, announced Friday that it "has permanently removed broadband data usage caps for all customers," retroactive to mid-March when the company first temporarily suspended data-cap overage fees.
The decision to permanently drop the cap was made partly because of "learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic as more people worked and learned remotely," Antietam explained. "During this period customers moved into broadband packages that more accurately reflected their broadband needs." Like most other ISPs, Antietam charges different prices based on speed tiers as measured in bits per second, with Antietam's advertised download speeds ranging up to 1Gbps.
"These are uncertain times. We felt a need to give customers as much certainty over their bill as possible," Antietam President Brian Lynch said in the press release. "Eliminating data usage caps means that customers will know the exact amount of their broadband bill every month."
[...] Antietam imposed its data cap in 2015, charging a $10 overage fee for each additional block of 50GB. The monthly data caps ranged from 500GB to 1.5TB per month, except for a gigabit fiber plan that already included unlimited data, according to a Stop the Cap article.
[...] ISPs enforce data caps primarily to boost revenue rather than to manage congestion. Comcast says it imposes a data cap to ensure "fairness" among its customers but coincidentally does not impose the data cap in the Northeast United States, where Comcast faces strong competition from Verizon's un-capped fiber-to-the-home FiOS service.
(Score: -1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @12:54AM (5 children)
Boomers forced everyone to stay home at gunpoint to give Boomers a safe space.
Boomers forced every business to close at gunpoint to give Boomers a safe space.
Boomers forced everyone to wear face masks at gunpoint to give Boomers a safe space.
Boomers caused the worst economic depression in history to give Boomers a safe space.
Whiny entitled Boomers are the worst generation ever to live.
No longer.
Boomers must be made to pay with their lives for crimes against civilization.
The Final Solution to COVID-19 is to exterminate every Boomer.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @01:02AM (1 child)
Didn't you get the memo? COVID-19 was cured last week by St George who caused the crowds of faithful to gain immunity.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @01:21AM
Boomers shuttered every business except what Boomers use because Boomers are selfish racist scum.
Looters shuttered every business Boomers use. Looters win!
I'll be laughing all the way to the Chinese grocery while Boomers drink bleach and die.
Boomers did COVID-19.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @04:04AM
Ok Doomer.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Fishscene on Monday June 08 2020, @03:34PM (1 child)
What is this site's policy for advocating the killing of $(group of HUMAN BEINGS) ?
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I know I am not God, because every time I pray to Him, it's because I'm not perfect and thankful for what He's done.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday June 08 2020, @05:39PM
Well it's hands off when it comes to advocating the deaths of lefties and Jews. Should it be different for Boomers?