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No Surprise: Survey Shows U.S. Consumers Hate Broadband Caps

Posted on September 29, 2008

It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone but nevertheless a survey conducted by International Data Corporation on behalf of Zeugma Systems, a company that makes an edge router for broadband networks, shows that consumers simply hate bandwidth caps and will likely switch to another carrier if they have the option. The survey polled 787 U.S. consumers. Here are some key findings of the survey: 81 percent do not like the idea of establishing a bandwidth cap and charging for use above the cap.51 percent would try to change service providers if their BSP imposed bandwidth caps.83 percent ...

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