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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsComcast 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.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/comcasts-data-cap-finally-goes-nationwide-in-expansion-to-12-more-states/
Probably trying to get caps in everywhere before Biden takes over.
Delarage
(2,186 posts)But they have a monopoly in my 'hood
shanti
(21,675 posts)jimfields33
(15,669 posts)The creeps gave us unlimited for a few months during the covid but took away one of the free months. Nice. Ugh. So everyone is down to one free month. Im never close at all but still find this whole thing disgusting.
Dem2
(8,166 posts)I've yet to meet one.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Best I could ever do was 120GB.
I think its $50 extra a month for unlimited.
Xfinity internet is very stable in my area, but their cable TV SUCKS.
I have an over the air antenna system, Roku and Dish for TV.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)And yes the cable sucks ass.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)I think Comcrap overcompresses their TV signals to increase internet bandwidth.
In a couple of weeks they start broadcasting 4K HDR in the Metro Detroit area for the main networks...aka ATSC 3.0
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Cable and Satelite HD is compressed signal while OTA is either less so or not at all.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Its all about bit rate with digital.
I plan to buy an ATSC 3.0 box next year. Will be interesting to see what the main broadcast channels start looking like in 4K HDR.
They start broadcasting it in Metro Detroit in 2 weeks.
PTWB
(4,131 posts)My household and home based small business does about 10 TB/mo. All TV is streamed. We download a lot of games and movies - games are huge these days. CoD:MW (2019) is over 200 gigs by itself. Each 4K movie is 50-90 GB.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Thats cheap!
jimfields33
(15,669 posts)I DVR most stuff I watch but still run a computer all day web use and watch a movie every few days through Netflix. Im at 212 so far this month. You must only watch a movie a week.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)We have a family of four that streams meetings/classes and OCCASIONALLY movies or TV shows. I cannot fathom how we are close to 1.2 TB. Will need to call Xfinity about this soon.
We pay a fortune for a multi-play with them. If they want to lose that, it's fine with me.
jimfields33
(15,669 posts)turtleblossom
(504 posts)Screw people in the middle of a major world crisis.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)With that statement you fit right in here!
TheBlackAdder
(28,163 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)The TV service sucks donkey balls, though.
I get a better selection and quality through Roku and Dish.
CaptainTruth
(6,572 posts)Xolodno
(6,383 posts)...makes his Starlink look more attractive. Its not unlimited and still has drawbacks, but, too much greed will give competitors an opening.
albacore
(2,398 posts)Kinda like the Rural Electrification Administration thing in 1935.
It should be a national priority. Especially now... the Covid closures of brick and mortar schools has pointed out the inequality and general shittyness of our approach to the web and cable.
Socialism...? Hey, Comcast and the other pirates have shown they can't provide service.
Time for the Big Cable Company to step in.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)hunter
(38,301 posts)We're fortunate to live in a place where they are not the only internet service provider.
Our internet needs are modest. My wife and I have an $8.99 Netflix subscription and DSL internet service.
No cable, no satellite, no broadcast television.
It's been more than a decade and we haven't run out of stuff to watch.