FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes to Investigate Impact of Data Caps

Sat Jun 17 20:23:30 UTC 2023

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> I have not heard of any mention of Starlink having caps as part of their
> service. Having said that, for services like this, things change as the
> number of customers using them rises.
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They were proposing data caps to roll out this year, but they abandoned
that in lieu of a 'priority tier. Pay extra and get throttled less
essentially.

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:24 PM Mark Tinka <mark at tinka.africa> wrote:

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> On 6/16/23 22:16, Michael Thomas wrote:
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> > Won't Starlink and other LEO configurations be that backstop sooner
> > rather than later? I don't know if they have caps as well, but even if
> > they do they could compete with their caps.
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> Maybe. I really haven't paid any attention to Starlink, although there
> are credible reports of folk testing it here in South Africa's urban
> centres.
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> I have not heard of any mention of Starlink having caps as part of their
> service. Having said that, for services like this, things change as the
> number of customers using them rises.
>
> Mark.
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