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		washadjeffmad on March 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Comcast and T-Mobile upgrade everyone to unlimited... The joke is implying that the reason ISPs employ data caps is because packets are a finite resource. They're not, and the practice makes about as much sense as buying your internet by the minute.

oasisbob on March 14, 2020 [–]

Or the opposite, that available capacity is a limited resource, which "necessitates" data caps to maintain performance during peak periods.

It's still illogical, just not as illogical as claiming a communication medium offers unlimited bandwidth.

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