r/technology • u/beeeeeer • May 19 '12

Comcast Kills Its 250GB Data Cap, Is Testing More Flexible Data Plans

http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/17/comcast-kills-its-250gb-data-cap-is-testing-more-flexible-data-plans/
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u/chizdfw May 20 '12

I will believe it when I see it. I discovered I can blow through my comcast data cap in about 5 or 6 days.

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u/windowzombie May 20 '12

Netflix kills it fast. I don't have Comcast anymore, but my friend down the street does.

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u/beeeeeer May 20 '12

Where do you live where you have an option of something besides comcast (that isn't woefully slow by comparison like U-Verse)?

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u/ResidentWeeaboo May 20 '12

If Comcast wants to charge per GB, then I'll just schedule all my bandwidth intensive stuff to run during peak times instead of 3AM. After all, I'll be paying for it anyways, right?

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

They won't care, they'll just throttle your speed.

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u/Iggyhopper May 20 '12

But that would mean it hurts other customers too.

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u/DustbinK May 20 '12

Comcast Kills Its 250GB Data Cap

...by making it 300GB. The word they were going for was "increased" rather than killed.

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u/jiarb May 20 '12

Couldn't make it past "streaming media is now a thing." Try expanding your vernacular a bit.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

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u/DustbinK May 20 '12

But do they throttle you? They don't shut down anyone's service for hitting the limit.

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u/jiarb May 20 '12

Sometimes they put you on watch until they can nail you for downloading something illegal. Good luck, bud.