Comcast Floats a 250GB Monthly Bandwidth Limit

techmuse writes "Comcast is considering the imposition of bandwidth caps and reductions in network bandwidth to customers who, while paying for the use of a certain amount of bandwidth, dare to actually use it! Gizmodo has more on the subject." Reader Acererak points out that it would take some pretty heavy usage (by current standards) to hit the cap described. Bear in mind, too, that these reports are based on the word of an unnamed "insider," rather than an officially announced policy.

Comments

Re:Lawsuit

[anomaly]

how can I monitor my actual consumption

There's this unique device available which can assist with that. It's called your electric meter, and it's conveniently located adjacent to your domicile. More than that, it's marked clearly in English, and you can sample data from it as often as you like. Best of all, its COMPLETELY FREE to access and it's already present with your electric service.

Re:They forgot something in their calculations

[geekoid]

Excellent point. We have two, probably will ahve four online by the end of the year.

suddenly it doesn't sound like a lot.

Re:They forgot something in their calculations

[Kohath]

With 6 people sharing cable, that impossible-to-reach 250GB turns into a paltry 42GB. Or about 1.4 gigs a day. It would be very easy to accidentally hit that if you watch videos online. If all 6 of you watch a lot of videos online and don't store any of them locally, then maybe.

Just because one person out of 6 could use that much bandwidth doesn't mean that all 6 are likely to use that much on average for a whole month. It still sounds extraordinary.

Re:They forgot something in their calculations

[klui]

You mean something like this? http://i7.tinypic.com/5z6vt4n.jpg