Are you aware of the Internet data cap? | Letter

Published 2:00 pm Monday, November 28, 2016

Why hasn’t there been more Internet service providers on Mercer Island? With the new “data cap” imposed by Comcast and CenturyLink, it seems like residents are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I personally believe this is colluding, but that is beside the point. What I find unfair is they sell tiered download speed options and now slap on a data cap? So one can pay more for higher speed but need to pay more (overage) to truly take advantage of the higher speed.

It is like paying a toll to go in the express lane and paying again to drive more than five miles in the express lane. Is it possible to do a Mercer Island poll/survey to see which Internet service provider folks are using and if they are aware of “data cap” and the impact?

Stewart Wang

Mercer Island