Comcast To Enforce 1.2TB Data Cap In Entire 39-State Territory In Early 2021

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Comcast To Enforce 1.2TB Data Cap In Entire 39-State Territory In Early 2021


Comcast's 1.2TB monthly data cap is coming to 12 more states and the District of Columbia starting January 2021. The unpopular policy was already enforced in most of Comcast's 39-state US territory over the past few years, and the upcoming expansion will for the first time bring the cap to every market in Comcast's territory. Comcast will be providing some "courtesy months" in which newly capped customers can exceed 1.2TB without penalty, so the first overage charges for these customers will be assessed for data usage in the April 2021 billing period.

Comcast's data cap has been imposed since 2016 in 27 of the 39 states in Comcast's cable territory. The cap-less parts of Comcast's network include Northeastern states where the cable company faces competition from Verizon's un-capped FiOS fiber-to-the-home broadband service. But last week, an update to Comcast's website said that the cap is coming to Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The cap is also coming to parts of Virginia and Ohio where it wasn't already implemented. In all, Comcast has nearly 28 million residential Internet customers.

 

[the cac mamba]

just checked with xfinity, most ive used in a month is 500 gb guess im safe

fukk these companies tho some of the biggest criminals in america

 

[RadaMillz]

I got like 5 family members that use my xfinity hotspot and I just checked, we never go over 600GB
and we always streaming movies and youtube on all devices
1.2TB is madness lol

 

[Json]

I got like 5 family members that use my xfinity hotspot and I just checked, we never go over 600GB
and we always streaming movies and youtube on all devices
1.2TB is madness lol

This about piracy then?

Several 13 episode Netflix series a month uploaded must be a drain

 

[blotter]

Pretty sure some games use a ton.. like 250GB data patches type stuff

Issue is every other ISP will adopt this as soon as enough people are like oh I'm good. But a house full of zoomers working from home who play games are about to get clapped

 

[hashmander]

at my high point that's about what i use, but i don't have data caps anyway.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

For work, I got the unlimited cap from them. Kids are at home, downloading, netflix, hulu, disney plus. shyt was needed.

 

[Elim Garak]

Allow a huge multimedia conglomerate to impose data caps on you brehs.

 

[FAH1223]

Allow a huge multimedia conglomerate to impose data caps on you brehs.

time to break them up

 

[greenvale]

Just got a PS5 and used over 100gb in a day

 

[ORDER_66]

Just got a PS5 and used over 100gb in a day

well its a wrap for all of us now... netflix, ps5, streaming, zoom calls, working from home.... all because these b*stards want more money...

 

[Json]

Just got a PS5 and used over 100gb in a day

well its a wrap for all of us now... netflix, ps5, streaming, zoom calls, working from home.... all because these b*stards want more money...

Go outside



Until they start taxing air

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Internet needs to be owned by the government. Its a fukking utility at this point.

Comcast needs to be nationalized honestly.

 

[Mr Rager]

Internet needs to be owned by the government. Its a fukking utility at this point.

Comcast needs to be nationalized honestly.

That's a terrible idea in terms of security.

 

[hashmander]

That's a terrible idea in terms of security.

terrible idea all around. break them up or force them to compete in every territory, but the govt being responsible for providing internet service is just horrible. we need to get rid of the collusion that the internet providers engage in where they split up territory to avoid competition. at&t, verizon, spectrum, comcast, etc need to be forced to compete in every area.