[ale] Comcast Caps Data at 250G/Month

[Jim Kinney]

Nice way to squeeze out competitors to your OnDemand video service -
restrict access to Netflicks download.

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

> Comcast's 250GB Data Caps Now Official, Starting in October
>
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5043253/comcasts-250gb-data-caps-now-official-starting-in-october
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5uf9wj
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> keith
>
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