Comcast to cap monthly bandwidth starting Oct. 1

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NEW YORK - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.

On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month, the company announced on its Web site.

Comcast has already reserved the right to cut off subscribers who use too much bandwidth each month, without specifying exactly what constitutes excessive use.

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"We've listened to feedback from our customers who asked that we provide a specific threshold for data usage and this would help them understand the amount of usage that would qualify as excessive," the company said in a statement on its Web site.

Customers who go over the limit are contacted by the company and asked to curb their usage.

Full article at: MSNBC.com

Since the 2nd largest isp in the US is now capping bandwidth nation wide, there goes any hope of net neutrality. A dark dark day.

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Well, we already have this down under sadly :( even my "unlimited" connection is limited, I have a data allowance and it gets throttled after I exceed it. It's basically the same as a capped connection, except the capped one, you are charged extra for excessive usage. However, unless your an excessive downloader, capped connections arn't that bad really.

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If you don't want to pay for appzapper: http://www.freemacsoft.net/AppCleaner/

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i don't even think i go over 50GB a month LOL

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I don't see this as a problem. If anything it'll make customers choose other services over comcast. Im glad we dont have comcast in the areas where i live.

Oh yes...please explain to me how you come close to using 250 gb in a month...I would love to know.

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how does this affect Xbox Live? or any other traffic? anything can be considered a download, technically. anyway, this is pretty disgusting.

All they are doing is enforcing the same limit they have been in the past, but now they are telling people what that limit was.

Well lets hope Time Warner does not follow in my area (I think they might though :( ).

How do you know how much BW you used in a month? Is there some sort of application that shows you how much you use?

Time Warner was rumored to go for a lower limit from what I heard. Just a rumor, though.

As for monitoring bandwidth -- gotta go with an app for your PC or a router that supports it...at least until they (hopefully) come out with a way to keep an eye on your bandwidth at the ISP level.

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how does this affect Xbox Live? or any other traffic? anything can be considered a download, technically. anyway, this is pretty disgusting.

Exactly what I was wondering as well. Blackice, I'm sorry I guess what you said just went over my head, can I get another explanation? :p

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Yeah, how does this affect services like Xbox Live or PSN? Or AppleTV?

What do you reckon? Online gaming uses data. It's a tiny amount and not anything to worry about.

Well lets hope Time Warner does not follow in my area (I think they might though :( ).

How do you know how much BW you used in a month? Is there some sort of application that shows you how much you use?

Logging into your account on your ISPs site will tell you or there will usually be a tiny app that sits in your taskbar to tell you that updates itself.

Edit: Most ISPs provide shitloads of IPTV, gaming servers, iTunes etc thats usage does not contribute towards the cap.

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Exactly what I was wondering as well. Blackice, I'm sorry I guess what you said just went over my head, can I get another explanation? :p

All I was saying is that Comcast has been enforcing these caps for quite a while now, but refused to share what the actual cap was. All that happened today is they shared that closely guarded secret.

I'm guessing the whole "it starts October 1st" thing is to make non-savvy customers aware about all of this.

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