The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it was opening a formal inquiry into why broadband providers cap data use by some customers, and how it impacts consumers and competition. "For most people in the United States,

The Federal Communications Commission is once more looking into broadband data caps and wants to hear about how they impact consumers.

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it is opening a formal inquiry into the use of data caps by telecom firms and how they impact consumers and competition. "For most people in the United States,

The FCC is probing whether broadband data caps are harmful to consumers and small businesses by limiting the amount of data that a reasonable person might use. This article, FCC launches probe into broadband Internet data caps,