House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.,...
House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., asked the Government Accountability Office in a letter to study the impact of usage-based broadband pricing. “I'm concerned that usage-based pricing, particularly when applied discriminatorily or at arbitrarily low levels, could discourage…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
the innovation, competition and consumer choice that have been the hallmark of the Internet’s success to date,” the letter said. Eshoo specifically asked the agency to determine how much data the average consumer uses each month, how broadband providers notify consumers about their data usage, whether it’s more expensive for a broadband provider to serve a customer who consumes more data, and determine the rationale behind using broadband data caps, among other questions.