Many of us have signed up for an unlimited internet plan, thinking we'd never have to worry about running out of data. While the wording on the plan might suggest worry-free 4K video streaming and ...

The federal government wants to hear about a maddening part of internet bills: the extra fees if your streaming and surfing goes above a monthly data limit. Last week, the Federal Communications ...

A new inquiry seeks your feedback on data caps and wants to explore if the commission can legally regulate them. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving.

If your internet service provider (ISP) is charging you extra for going over data caps, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to hear about it. Last week, the FCC announced that it was ...

Broadband data caps cost me money every single year and continue to be a source of ongoing anxiety. They’re inequitable, unnecessary, and predatory. That the FCC is finally soliciting public comment ...

A debilitating number of people remain steadfastly impervious to the following fact: Stuff costs money. I had a great contractor who helped me renovate my first house - a 1930 fishing shack on ...

Please note that the plans below show each provider's cheapest available tier. The max speed is the top advertised speed for that given plan, but it might not be available in your area. Overall, the ...

President-elect Donald Trump's appointee for chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, was on the dissenting side of a vote (PDF) last month to open up an inquiry into data caps.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Federal regulators are weighing the legality of extra charges based on usage for home internet bills, and lobbyists for a major internet service provider in central Ohio have ...

Cable broadband companies continue to insist that data caps are good for people with low incomes, pushing back against comments filed by consumer advocacy groups. NCTA—The Internet & Television ...

The problem with the coffee analogy is that coffee has a high marginal cost. The cost of marginal bandwidth on any transmission pipe that is not at capacity is essentially zero. The only bandwidth ...