If you’ve been enjoying a data cap-free relationship with Comcast, that may soon come to an end. Comcast. Beginning November 1st, Comcast will start enforcing data caps in 12 more states than it does now. You’re affected if you live in Dothan Alabama, Colorado, certain parts of Florida, Southeastern Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Western Ohio, Houston Texas, Utah, Washington state, Wisconsin, and DT’s own home state of Oregon.
That’s right, yours truly is going to have to start watching his Netflix binges. Or will he? The good news is that Comcast has raised the cap from 300GB to 1 Terabyte. To put that in perspective, you’d have to watch about 600 to 700 hours of HD video or play games online for 12,000 hours to blow past your cap. And if you do, Comcast will add 50GB automatically for $10, and will never charge more than $200. Unlimited plans cost a $50 fee on top of the existing charge.
It’s unlikely this will have a negative effect on most folks. Comcast says 99% of its customers don’t use more than a Terabyte. Still, it’s the principle of the thing that has some folks upset. It’s hard not to see this as a cash grab. Things have been just fine without data caps. Why force them on us now?
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