It turns out data caps are much easier to explain than you think.
A US cable company has put the matter to rest by explaining to the Federal Communications Commission that its customers shouldn’t get unlimited data because using the Internet is “just like eating Oreos,” reports ArsTechnica.
“You have to pay extra for double-stuffed,” Mediacom Senior VP and General Counsel Joseph Young wrote in a filing with the FCC last week.
Imagine you are out for a walk and experience a sudden, irresistible craving for Oreo cookies.
You only want to spend two dollars, which means that you will be able to buy a two-pack or maybe even a four-pack but for sure you cannot get the family size of over 40 cookies.
For that many, you have to spend more. Of course, it would be nice if your two dollars bought you the right to eat an unlimited number of cookies, but you know that is not the way our economy works.
In short, Young points out that in most industries you get what you pay for.
“Some people think that ISPs should be the exception and run their businesses like an all-you-can-eat buffet.”
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No Mr Young, if you tell me “For $2 you can have as many cookies as you want in a 30day period” But after 15 cookies you will only give me half a cookie per day, THAT is called lying.