MIAMI VALLEY — Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, has withdrawn its petition with the FCC to lift rules that prohibit the company to impose data caps and have usage-based pricing for its customers, according to FCC filings this week.
The petition had asked the FCC to lift the rules in May 2021, which would have opened the door for potentially higher internet bills.
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The development means Spectrum internet customers in the Miami Valley won’t be able to be charged extra based on the amount of data they use with Spectrum’s internet service.
The prohibitions have been in place as part of a 2016 agreement with the FCC, when it approved the merger of Time Warner Cable with Charter. The rules will now remain in place until May 2023, the FCC filing read.
Another major internet provider in the Miami Valley, AT&T, does have data caps on its internet service.
AT&T charges $10 for each addition 50GB of data used over the allowance given to customers each month. AT&T does offer an unlimited data option for internet for $30 more a month.
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