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telecommunications markets. Comcast recognized the need to increase the
cap on data 'usage' that the company set in 2008 and to experiment with
additional flexibility for customers. As Time Warner Cable's recent decision to
offer a capped plan as a discounted alternative shows, more flexible pricing
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compete for data usage. AT&T is now saying it may follow the same
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telecommunications markets. Comcast recognized the need to increase the
cap on data 'usage' that the company set in 2008 and to experiment with
additional flexibility for customers. As Time Warner Cable's recent decision to
offer a capped plan as a discounted alternative shows, more flexible pricing
plans can benefit consumers where they offer opportunities for savings without
compromising quality or an open internet. We await further details of Comcast's
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previously promised to maintain for existing customers in favor of a plan which
covers all of a customer's devices using data. While this plan may
increase flexibility, it also will likely raise rates as a family's devices
compete for data usage. AT&T is now saying it may follow the same
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carriers without paying termination fees so that dissatisfied subscribers can
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