Comcast to enforce 1.2TB data cap in entire 39-state territory in early 2021

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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]

1. I hate Comcast

But they have a monopoly in my 'hood

[shanti]

9. Same here n/t

[jimfields33]

16. Yeah I have no choice.

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. I’m never close at all but still find this whole thing disgusting.

[Dem2]

22. If there are people who don't hate Comcast

I've yet to meet one.

[roamer65]

2. I've never reached the cap.

Best I could ever do was 120GB.

I think it’s $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]

6. I have fios

And yes the cable sucks ass.

[roamer65]

7. The picture actually looks better on broadcast TV.

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]

19. OTA HD always looks better

Cable and Satelite HD is compressed signal while OTA is either less so or not at all.

[roamer65]

20. It's all compressed but OTA devotes more bandwidth to the HD signal.

It’s 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]

8. I have symmetrical gigabit fiber with no caps for $65/mo.

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]

12. I wish I had access to fiber for that price.

That’s cheap!

[jimfields33]

17. Seriously that is low

I DVR most stuff I watch but still run a computer all day web use and watch a movie every few days through Netflix. I’m at 212 so far this month. You must only watch a movie a week.

[DonaldsRump]

3. We've got some slightly threatening emails from them recently about the data cap

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]

18. It's damn sad that my comcast Bill is the highest bill after the mortgage.

[turtleblossom]

4. It's capitalism as its finest.

Screw people in the middle of a major world crisis.

[lunatica]

14. Welcome to DU!

With that statement you fit right in here!

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Comcast's cable & internet sucks balls, is compressed signals and drops all the time w/long outages.

[roamer65]

10. Very good internet service in southeast MI from Comcrap.

The TV service sucks donkey balls, though.

I get a better selection and quality through Roku and Dish.

[CaptainTruth]

11. I guess Comcast doesn't want to be an ISP. Fine. Let a competitor step up.

[Xolodno]

13. I bet Elon Musk loves hearing that....

...makes his Starlink look more attractive. Its not unlimited and still has drawbacks, but, too much greed will give competitors an opening.

[albacore]

15. Anybody here up for National Broadband?

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]

21. Perfect infrastructure project like REA, CCC, etc.

[hunter]

23. My wife and I deleted Comcast from our personal universe a long time ago.

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.