Internet Bandwidth Caps

Broadband caps for internet usage charged by Internet service providers is becoming more popular as time goes on. Broadband caps limit the amount of data that one can access from the Internet in a given month. If one would go over this cap the Internet service provider would implement overage charges for the data that one would use. The Internet service providers are not implementing these charges to manage their internet traffic, their motive is to make money. In the past Internet service providers would charge for quicker speeds, some still do that today, but it is more aggressive for Internet service providers to charge its users this way.

I feel that this is a problem because for one; it takes away profits from companies that require a lot of data for a user to use its services. This is the case for companies such as Netflix, Pandora and Google. This also bothers me because it can limit someones ability to access vital information and it can inhibit one from expanding their knowledge and being connected with the world. The news, social media and a vast array of information is unavailable to a person who hits this data cap, I feel that Internet service providers should not be in control of this.