Most home broadband users probably aren't about to run up against their bandwidth caps any time soon, considering that those caps tend to be fairly generous -- for now, anyway. But that doesn't mean the caps have no impact. Already, there are indications that companies are taking data caps into consideration when making decisions about launching new services -- including services that could encourage cord-cutting

When the Federal Communications Commission fined Google for impeding a probe of the Wi-Spy debacle, the agency blacked out large sections of its 25-page report. Google has now released a more complete version of that report -- and it shows that the Street Car snooping shouldn't have been a surprise to company executives.