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- Netflix offers zero chill in statement to FCC regarding ‘unnecessary’ data caps
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Monday 12 September 2016
Broadband caps are a thorn in the side for internet power users and cord cutters everywhere. Netflix wants them to disappear — for good. In a comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Netflix called data caps “an unnecessary constraint on advanced telecommunications capability.” The company also takes issue with so-called zero-rating, a scheme providers use to offer free content that doesn’t count against the data cap, but only from some services. Dozens of internet companies wrote a letter to the FCC earlier this year in an attempt to start a discussion about zero-rating and the effect it has on…
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