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Comcast: 250 GB Cap Coming October 1st?

Broadband Reports is saying that they've confirmed through several sources that Comcast is going to be instituting a 250GB cap on their high speed internet.
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3:28 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Meg Marco
15,189 views, 157 comments

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Comcast: You're Paying More For The Ability To Reach The Download Cap Faster

Comcast, it seems, has a serious problem. They're selling "Unlimited Access," but again and again their customers tell us that they're being threatened with "termination" for using too much bandwidth. How much is too much? Comcast won't say. According to their Acceptable Use Policy, "too much" is defined as "where bandwidth consumption is not characteristic of a typical residential user of the Service as determined by the company in its sole discretion." Reader Peter is one such atypical customer. He wants to cooperate with Comcast, but he can't get a straight answer as to how much downloading he's allowed to do. He can't even get an estimate. Since he pays for the highest tier of access from Comcast, he figures that he should be able to download more than a "typical" user. Not true, says the Comcast "Abuse" department. Since his internet is "faster" he's simply paying more for the ability to reach the bandwidth limit sooner. More »

11:08 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Meg Marco
9,252 views, 106 comments

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