[ale] Comcast Caps Data at 250G/Month

[Forsaken]

On Sep 5, 2008, at 12:47 PM, <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu 
 > wrote:

> Comcast's 250GB Data Caps Now Official, Starting in October

> Bad news for Comcast folks-the 250GB caps that were once rumored <http://gizmodo.com/387901/comcast-considering-250gb-monthly-data-caps-disconnecting-repeat-pirates 
> >  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.

Not really surprising, they feel like they have to do something, and  
so they are.

250 gigs a month is fairly generous.... right now. My only worry is  
that they won't move with the technology and increase the cap when  
it's needed.

And this is going to totally suck for folks with families. If you're a  
geek with 2 teenagers and a wife, 250 gigs for the entire household is  
nothing

But hey maybe they'll lose enough customers that their network won't  
be so loaded and they won't need to traffic shape anymore!