Netflix Outlines New Tricks to Offer More Data-Cap-Friendly 4K
In a lengthy and detailed post published on the Netflix Technology Blog, a group that focuses on encoding and video algorithms laid out new techniques they hope will offer up higher-quality video for...
View ArticleState Reps Fight Back Against Comcast Data Caps
Comcast posted a notice for customers in northeast states in November, letting them know that a data cap would go into effect at the beginning of this year. Now, state representatives in Massachusetts...
View ArticleWeekend Wrap-Up: AT&T vs. Cox, Comcast Delays Data Caps, and More
This week, we covered the ongoing dispute between AT&T and Cox that has resulted in several Cox-owned stations going dark for AT&T TV and DirecTV customers. Meanwhile, Disney+ launched its new...
View ArticleWeekend Wrap-Up: Roku’s New Gear, YouTube TV’s Add-Ons, and More
This week, Roku released its Q4 earnings report and we learned about a potential new remote control for the company’s streaming devices. Elsewhere, YouTube TV announced some interesting new features...
View ArticleComcast Scraps Plans for Data Caps in Northeast States
With many Comcast Xfinity customers already dealing with data caps, the company notified customers in northeast states in November 2020 that they would start seeing a data cap on their internet plans...
View ArticleData Caps Are Likely Coming to Spectrum Customers Soon
Back in 2016, Charter closed a deal to buy Time Warner Cable. This newly merged company became what we know as Spectrum. To get the deal approved by the FCC, Spectrum agreed not to impose any data caps...
View ArticleSpectrum Is Now Able to Add Data Caps As Its FCC Deal Ends
On May 18th, 2023, Spectrum’s deal with the FCC to not impose data caps on their customers has come to an end. This means that Spectrum is now able to follow Comcast and others to impose data caps....
View ArticleThe FCC Wants to Investigate Data Caps – Here is How You Can Help Stop Data Caps
Data caps have turned into a huge profit center for internet service providers. Now FCC Chairwomen Rosenworcel wants to investigate these data caps. Depending on how this investigation workout, it may...
View ArticleThe Death of Data Caps? – Here is How You Can Help The FCC End Data Caps
One of the biggest questions we get with cord cutting is about data caps. People worry that they will get extra internet fees by streaming a lot of video. Data caps have turned into a huge profit...
View ArticleWOW! Internet Quietly Removed Its Data Caps on Some Internet Plans To Compete...
It looks like WOW! Internet made some changes to its service plans to remove data caps from select plans. Wow!, first added data caps back in 2021 with up to a 3 TB data caps. At the time of...
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