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akerro
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Comcast rolling out 1TB data caps to most states i...
I never heard of data caps in Europe, how did US fell into this?
roel_v
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What? Im Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany there have been caps for years. I don't pay much attention nowadays but it was only, what, 6? years ago whem the limits on a Belgian connection with the main provider were
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lokedhs
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Are you sure you're not referring to mobile? The article discusses home broadband connections.
roel_v
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Yes, home broadband.
akerro
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I never had any caps in Poland, Germany and now in Uk so that's new to me.
TheCoelacanth
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It's basically because we allowed ISPs to monopolize vast swaths of the country leaving no real competition.
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