Congress should investigate bandwidth caps, group says

The media reform group Free Press is asking Congress to investigate the usage of controversial bandwidth caps that have recently caused public relations problems for ISPs such as AT&T and Time Warner Cable. In a letter sent to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday, Free Press asked Congress to conduct a "broader inquiry" into the practice of capping Internet users' bandwidth usage at a certain level and charging them overage fees for exceeding their caps.

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