Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFCC Republican opposes regulation of data caps with analogy to coffee refillsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareOhmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat simply isn’t true, the costs are small and arguably negligible but they do have increased costs on more data usage.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLike coffee. It might cost them 1¢ a pot… It might cost them $1200 up front and $60 a month for their coffee makers
minus-squareOhmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNot like coffee. Your average person simply can’t consume coffee beyond the average at any meaningful rate. We both know that internet usage can go from close to nothing to 100TB of data depending on the user. Internet isn’t like coffee, it’s not that simple.
That simply isn’t true, the costs are small and arguably negligible but they do have increased costs on more data usage.
Like coffee. It might cost them 1¢ a pot… It might cost them $1200 up front and $60 a month for their coffee makers
Not like coffee. Your average person simply can’t consume coffee beyond the average at any meaningful rate. We both know that internet usage can go from close to nothing to 100TB of data depending on the user.
Internet isn’t like coffee, it’s not that simple.