"We felt that were suckered," said Distaffen, who lives in the small village of Silver Springs in upstate New York."
Is this even legal? Do folks like him have remedy?
Just coincidence that the initials are FCC?
Was this disclosed before he signed up? (even in fine print?)
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All ISPs enforce ‘bandwidth shaping’. In one form or another.
“Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month.
So the guy rolled the dice and gasmbled and lost now he is pissed.
He had a internet seive provider and by his admission only left because he thought he could get it cheaper.
Turns out as most people with common sense know that cheaper is not always better...
The little bit of contract law I know would say this guy has a good chance of getting out of his contract since they changed the terms to something he obviously wouldn't have agreed to in the beginning.
Well, if they believe he should legally be bound even if they change the terms, he should just unilaterally change the monthly rate, and they should have to accept that.
If an ISP is going to charge a metered rate, they should be forced to say so in big, bold letters. They talk honestly about the fact that they are trying to convert people to a metered service from “unlimited” usage, because the marketplace as already spoken loudly against it. These days they try to sneak it in because being honest loses customers.