Comcast: Heavy Users To Pay More
Friday, August 29th, 2008From October 1, 2008, heavy Comcast users will pay more for their Internet usage. Anyone who exceeds a monthly usage cap of 250 gigabytes can expect to pay a “surcharge” which could amount to $15 for each 10 gigabytes over the cap.
Fortunately, most Comcast customers can rest easy: 250 gigabytes is a LOT of data. Most residential users consume 2-3 gigabytes per month. In fact, 250 gigabytes equates to the equivalent of downloading 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song) OR downloading 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie) OR uploading 25,000 hi-resolution digital photos (at 10 MB/photo).
Meanwhile, I shake my head. Here in Australia ALL Internet Service Providers impose caps, surcharges and restricted upload/download speeds for “excessive” use!
Source: Karl Bode, “Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1″, Broadband Reports, August 28, 2008
