Rep Eshoo Seeks GAO Study of Usage-Based Pricing

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), the Ranking member of the House Communications Subcommittee, has asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of usage-based wired and wireless broadband pricing.

Rep Eshoo wants to know how widespread usage-based pricing is, the rationale behind imposing data caps, how tier prices are determined, how they change in response to Internet usage, how much data the average wired and wireline customer uses monthly, how they are notified about usage, whether prices vary according to competition, the cost difference between the amount of downloads and what complaints the FCC and FTC have received about usage-based pricing.