<div dir="ltr">Nice way to squeeze out competitors to your OnDemand video service - restrict access to Netflicks download.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:47 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Comcast's 250GB Data Caps Now Official, Starting in October<br>
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<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5043253/comcasts-250gb-data-caps-now-official-starting-in-october" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/5043253/comcasts-250gb-data-caps-now-official-starting-in-october</a><br>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5uf9wj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/5uf9wj</a><br>
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Bad news for Comcast folks-the 250GB caps that were once rumored <<a href="http://gizmodo.com/387901/comcast-considering-250gb-monthly-data-caps-disconnecting-repeat-pirates" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/387901/comcast-considering-250gb-monthly-data-caps-disconnecting-repeat-pirates</a>> are now officially official and will start October 1 for residential customers. But, instead of charging you for every GB you go beyond that in a month, Comcast is getting a bit more byzantine-if you blow the cap twice in six months, they may terminate your service altogether.<br>
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Comcast tries to ameliorate the news by putting the cap in terms even grandma can understand: 250GB = 50 million emails! 250,000 hi-res photo uploads of the grand kids! But in reality, if you're sharing your connection with roommates and downloading legitimate VOD stuff from Apple or Vudu, yet alone your torrentz, hitting 250GB in a month is not that far from reality. And now that Comcast has thrown their hat into the cap ring, it's not unlikely to assume other biggies will follow. Guhhhh.<br>
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keith<br>
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