> Cable executives prefer not to call them caps, referring instead to “data plans” and saying it’s a matter of fairness. People who use more bandwidth should pay more, they say, especially since capacity isn’t unlimited
If any internet provider or cell provider offered reasonable pay per GB data rates without an unreasonable minimum monthly usage charge, I would be all over it. Google Phi is probably by far the closest thing I've ever seen, but Comcast & Verizon are absolutely not willing to let me pay only for what I use, so it's very funny to hear rationalizing quotes about "fairness".
> Cable executives prefer not to call them caps, referring instead to “data plans” and saying it’s a matter of fairness. People who use more bandwidth should pay more, they say, especially since capacity isn’t unlimited
If any internet provider or cell provider offered reasonable pay per GB data rates without an unreasonable minimum monthly usage charge, I would be all over it. Google Phi is probably by far the closest thing I've ever seen, but Comcast & Verizon are absolutely not willing to let me pay only for what I use, so it's very funny to hear rationalizing quotes about "fairness".