The FCC’s Quixotic Quest to Regulate Broadband Data Caps

Eric Fruits October 23, 2024

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Internet use has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2019 and 2022, average monthly data usage increased from 344 GB to 586 GB per month—a 70% increase. In 2019, only 16% of subscribers were on speed tiers of greater than 200 Mbps. By 2023, 74% had such speeds, and a third of subscribers had speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more.

But despite consumers getting much more and much faster internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seems to think it can regulate the industry into providing even more data at a lower price.

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