Thursday, December 2, 2010

You lose: FCC Backs Usage-Based Broadband Pricing

The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Wednesday endorsed the idea that broadband providers could charge extra for providing heavy Internet users with lots of online video or data-heavy services such as videogames.

Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, backed "usage-based pricing" while outlining proposed rules that would bar Internet providers from deliberately tampering or slowing legal Web traffic.

Mr. Genachowski's support for pay-as-you-go pricing represents a victory for cable and telecommunications companies because ...
http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/scitech/~3/aaeCrNzL2kA/



The extra charges at $1/Gigabyte could be around $4 per high def movie. Time for that consumer push back. Fire Genachowski for starters.

Federal Cickback Commission.

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