Veille SENQ

We are opposed to the concept of a formal usage cap on any standard service tier of a broadband service that relies on cable modem or telephone wiring. Many companies in the broadband industry are engaged in a high-priced lobbying campaign to manufacture a "bandwidth crisis/exaflood" or "shortage," suggesting that consumers are abusing their broadband connections at such a rate it threatens the integrity of the Internet and its distribution platform. Statistics are cited which suggest a small percentage of users are using the majority of a provider's resources. But independent verification of the numbers and raw data has been problematic, because most of the companies complaining refuse to open their records to independent verification "for competitive reasons."