Comcast prepares to screw over millions with data caps.

[TBBills]

https://gizmodo.com/comcast-prepares-to-screw-over-millions-with-data-caps-1845741662/amp

 

 

Watch out users of comast, it seems they want to charge you money for going over your data.

Edited November 24, 2020 by TBBills

[WhoTom]

10 minutes ago, TBBills said:

Watch out users of comast, it seems they want to charge you money for going over your "Unlimited" data.

 

From the article:

As The Verge reports, customers not on an unlimited plan who exceed 1.2 TB of data in a month will have to pay $10 for every 50 GB of data they go over, topping out at $100.

[DrDawkinstein]

11 minutes ago, TBBills said:

https://gizmodo.com/comcast-prepares-to-screw-over-millions-with-data-caps-1845741662/amp

 

 

Watch out users of comast, it seems they want to charge you money for going over your "Unlimited" data.

 

Im on Comcast, but in Georgia, so for some reason I'm safe? Hadnt had a problem with it previously when we had data caps (they only temporarily lifted them for COVID relief).

 

The good news is, we will have an all new FCC soon that will look out for the consumer and not the large corporation. So I'm expecting net neutrality and data caps to be addressed.

[TBBills]

1 minute ago, WhoTom said:

 

From the article:

As The Verge reports, customers not on an unlimited plan who exceed 1.2 TB of data in a month will have to pay $10 for every 50 GB of data they go over, topping out at $100.

That is already in place ...

[ExiledInIllinois]

4 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

 

From the article:

As The Verge reports, customers not on an unlimited plan who exceed 1.2 TB of data in a month will have to pay $10 for every 50 GB of data they go over, topping out at $100.

Terabyte. TERAbyte.  I got nothing to worry about... 

[DrDawkinstein]

2 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Terabyte. TERAbyte.  I got nothing to worry about... 

 

You'd be surprised how fast that goes nowadays with just some regular Netflix streaming for a family of four.

 

Netflix HD streams at about 3GB/hour. To hit 1.2TB, that is 400 hours of streaming each month. Sounds like a lot for you and I as individuals, but for a family it goes fast.

 

And that isnt counting any other internet activity besides streaming Netflix.

Edited November 24, 2020 by DrDawkinstein

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

You'd be surprised how fast that goes nowadays with just some regular Netflix streaming for a family of four.

'Better Homes and Lock Chambers' is long on digital print, short on pictures...

[Nextmanup]

I had Comcast cable for many years in the DC area, and have it now down in FL.

 

It is the crappiest company on Earth.

 

Avoid it if you can.

 

They'll be out of business, eventually.

 

 

[Wacka]

Back in the late 90s, the ENTIRE internet occupied about a TB or two.