Author Topic: Comcast adding data caps of 300 GB/month (Read 2311 times)

This is actually funny to me because it's like the reverse of what is happening in Australia. We've had data caps forever, and ISPs seem to be moving towards larger or even no data caps now. 5 years ago I think I had a data cap of 100gb, now I have unlimited.

TheBrickBuilder · November 07, 2015, 01:59:53 PM

Quote from: SWAT One on November 07, 2015, 11:07:24 AM

Comcast is literally the stufftiest ISP in America. They've just recently doubled and tripled prices across the board, and now this.

AT&T is the worst trust me I have it and my connection is super crapoy cost a lot more then it's worth and when playing Gmod or TF2 my ping is like 48 and then the next minute it's 600 to 943 for like 15 mins then it repeats with say the 48 being only 30 secs

carolcat · November 07, 2015, 06:34:56 PM

how do you people use that much data what the forget

Becquerel · November 07, 2015, 06:35:56 PM

Quote from: TheBrickBuilder on November 07, 2015, 01:59:53 PM

AT&T is the worst trust me I have it and my connection is super crapoy cost a lot more then it's worth and when playing Gmod or TF2 my ping is like 48 and then the next minute it's 600 to 943 for like 15 mins then it repeats with say the 48 being only 30 secs

how bad was the speed?
the worst ISP ive used was Verizon and I only got a max of 0.10 Mbps down and even a worser up

Hansome duded · November 07, 2015, 06:42:27 PM

i have comcast and AT&T

help

Xealyth · November 07, 2015, 06:42:38 PM

Quote from: carolcat on November 07, 2015, 06:34:56 PM

how do you people use that much data what the forget

netflix

Frankie� · November 07, 2015, 06:45:31 PM

$10 per an extra 50gb that you go over the limit
$30 a month to remove caps iirc

Headcrab Zombie · November 07, 2015, 07:30:03 PM

Quote from: carolcat on November 07, 2015, 06:34:56 PM

how do you people use that much data what the forget

It's the principle of it.
I feel like their infrastructure is hitting it's peak, so instead of expanding it to support more use, they're trying to reduce use by charging people more.
They wanted to slow down traffic to websites who didn't pay them more. Net neutrality shut that down, so now they're bringing it to the users

otto-san · November 07, 2015, 08:16:04 PM

Quote from: Headcrab Zombie on November 07, 2015, 07:30:03 PM

It's the principle of it.
I feel like their infrastructure is hitting it's peak, so instead of expanding it to support more use, they're trying to reduce use by charging people more.
They wanted to slow down traffic to websites who didn't pay them more. Net neutrality shut that down, so now they're bringing it to the users

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That statement is similar to what Comcast has previously told Ars. But in one case, Comcast's vice president of Internet services acknowledged that setting the monthly data limit at 300GB is a "business policy," not a decision driven by technical necessity.