Comcast 250 GB Cap Coming on October 1st

By on Aug 29, 2008 at 1:18 PM
General August 29, 2008

Directly inline with rumors that made their way around the web a few months ago, Comcast has confirmed that it will employ a residential consumer bandwidth cap beginning October 1st of this year. Now before you start going too crazy, it should be noted that the cap will stand at 250 GB. 250 GB is most definitely more than enough for the typical to highly-active range of internet users. Once you pass over 250 GB per month of bandwidth you would definitely be best served by getting out more. In fact, Comcast states that the median monthly data usage amongst its customers is between 2 and 3 GB. The site puts 250 GB into perspective as such:

* Send 50 million emails (at 0.05 KB/email)
* Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song)
* Download 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie)
* Upload 25,000 hi-resolution digital photos (at 10 MB/photo)

50 million 0.05 KB emails. What kind of measurement is that? Anyway, while there is no mention of overage fees in Comcast’s new terms it is rumored that subscribers who surpass the cap a certain number of times may be subject to service suspensions or termination. Hey, at least Comcast customers can be thankful they’re not stuck with one of the other ISPs employing caps as low as 5 GB…

[Via DLSReports]

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  • Pherball66

    If this is allowed by the consumer, others will follow and the limit will soon decrease with time. It is only the beginning. And for the people that say that it will not really effect them, well, this step may not effect you, but the steps coming after that one definately will.

  • Rudy

    Ok well maybe it’s not 30.. A few hours a night plus late nights on the weekends. And I do have a life. I spend plenty of time with my wife as well as ‘outside’ time with my dog.

    Thanks for the wrong assumptions about me, and your completely useless information.

  • Rudy

    Was hoping someone could give me some REAL information about how much data transfers when playing multiplayer games. Anyone have a clue?

  • Scott

    One would hope that Comcast would at least provide some kind of monitoring tool to go along with this. I’d hate for my first clue to be on my bill.

  • Mike

    i use netmonitor; works great and you can schedule it to monitor whatever your monthly cycle dates are.

  • Nada

    As if they won’t lower it… This is the camel’s nose in the tent.

  • http://twitter.com/sizzlers123 Hina

    If you cry on 250gb cap, you necessary ameliorate.

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