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NCTA CEO Powell Home Broadband Caps
Do you like being able to stream Netflix movies at home without worrying about going over a monthly broadband cap? Well too bad — National Cable and Telecommunications Association chief Michael Powell wants to take even this simple joy away from you. Multichannel News reports that Powell this week said that he was encouraging more cable companies to start implementing usage caps on their services before cable customers get too comfortable with the idea of limited data. In fact, if there's one criticism that Powell has of the cable industry it's that they're not "moving with some urgency and purpose" toward hitting broadband customers with the same data caps that wireless customers have come to know and love.

 

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