Public Knowledge Criticizes FCC ‘Inexcusable’ Delay On Data Caps Investigation
Public Knowledge Criticizes FCC ‘Inexcusable’ Delay On Data Caps Investigation
Public Knowledge Criticizes FCC ‘Inexcusable’ Delay On Data Caps Investigation

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    The following is attributed to Gigi B.
    Sohn, president and CEO of Public Knowledge:

    “Millions of consumers and at least two
    major publications have now discovered that the new iPads which went on sale
    come with a hidden cost – the caps on data usage which wireless carriers put on
    consumers.

    “It’s a ridiculous situation that the
    carriers sell millions of these devices specifically designed to view video on one
    hand, while they restrict the usage of their networks for video on the other.

    “It is simply inexcusable that the Federal
    Communications Commission (FCC) has not even seen fit to ask wireless and
    landline carriers to explain why those caps are necessary, how they are set and
    how consumers are affected by them.  If
    the Commission is truly interested in consumer protection, it will ask the
    crucial questions and come up with some answers before consumers start getting
    hit with ever-increasing bills just for using the devices they bought in good
    faith.”

     

    Here are some background resources on the
    data caps issue:

    1) A report Public Knowledge issued last
    August warning of just the situation that is taking place now with 4G networks
    and data caps.

    www.publicknowledge.org/files/4GDataCapsMagicBeans.pdf   (August 3, 2011)

    2) The first letter from PK and the Open
    Technology Initiative asking the FCC to look into the issue.

    http://www.publicknowledge.org/letter-to-FCC-on-ATT-Data-Caps   (May 6, 2011)

    3) A second letter we sent to the FCC after
    announcements of more data caps.

    www.publicknowledge.org/files/docs/GenachowskiDataCapLetter.pdf  (July 14, 2011)