Comments on: Comcast 250 GB Cap Coming on October 1st

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:58:59 +0000

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

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:10:20 +0000

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.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:42:36 +0000

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

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:39:53 +0000

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.

By: Pherball66

Pherball66 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:05:16 +0000

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.

By: Gr8wheelss

Gr8wheelss — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:07:09 +0000

WOW! 30 hours a week playing a game … OMG

3 hours every weekday ? = 15 hours
10 hours on Saturday = 10 hours
5 hours on Sunday = 5 hours

30 hours locking your self away …

If you expired would anybody miss you? I doubt it!

By: redsoxh8r4life

redsoxh8r4life — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:08:00 +0000

For people playing a game 30 hours a week on the computer they should get outside for once instead of wasting their life with such. That would make this less of a worry for you.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:43:52 +0000

What about ppl that play a lot of online multiplayer games? I have no idea what kind of data transfers that equals to. I play Call of Duty 4 online about 30 hours a week

By: mrHiDefinition

mrHiDefinition — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:09:27 +0000

For people who don’t use the internet for heavy P2P file sharing and streaming every second of every day of the month, they will not have a problem with this monthly data cap. But for those who do, well you guys are screwed. I fall in between both so I think I should be ok.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:45:53 +0000

At 256 kilobits per second (which is what I believe Deaf VP User references), that works out to … 97 days per month non-stop \(^_^)

At 256 kiloBYTES per second, if that’s the actual bandwidth, that’s 12 days, non-stop.

It’s also roughly 55 DVD5s, or more likely around 40 DVD movie equivalents, or something like 60 hours. Using MPEG4 codecs, typically seen in rips, that’s more like 300-400 hours or two weeks or so of non stop video.

By: blah

blah — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:07:00 +0000

How does the FTC allow providers to advertize unlimited service and yet allow them to terminate/suspend the top 2%’ers?

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:51:30 +0000

that sucks.

By: theguy

theguy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:59:38 +0000

Ok try saying it… Canada.. oh ok Canida… no no it is CaNAda…. oh CaNOda?… forget it

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:34:40 +0000

The worst part is not the 250gb cap. Its the fact that if your in the top percent twice in 6 months you get a 1 year suspension.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:39:32 +0000

Woohoo! So once I’m done blowing the hell out of att I’ll go next door and blow the hell out of Comcast…they put all the asshole companies next door to each other right?

By: john

john — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:35:20 +0000

This is about 100KB per second, every second, all month long.

By: Razor1973

Razor1973 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:23:00 +0000

@Matheis: *LOL*

By: Razor1973

Razor1973 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:44 +0000

Someone needs to show Comcast planners what an e-mail attachment is, preferably before October 1 please.

By: NoBAMA

NoBAMA — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:39:16 +0000

Where is this Canada place?

By: Matheis

Matheis — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:20:56 +0000

And all that care about Canada raise your hand…. (chirp, chirp)

By: cacao

cacao — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:08:52 +0000

there you americans go complaining again for nothing. rogers’s best and highest speed service gives us 60gb a month which i have to worry about not exceeding all the time.
just like your HIGH gas prices. try crossing the border a few miles north and paying 6 and 7 bucks a gallon and that’s real money not the cheap green stuff.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:27:59 +0000

Will they offer a way to monitor your data usage? Or will you browse the internet blind and eventually get a letter sent to your house letting you know that your account was terminated.

By: Deaf VP User

Deaf VP User — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:03:36 +0000

I am Deaf, I use Comcast high speed for my normal internet use (not heavy) but I use it Video Phone to communicate (sign language), I would say I use 30 minutes to an hour a day on 25 to 30 fps with a max feed up to 256kb..how would this affect me and among thousands of Deaf video phone users?

By: Rosario

Rosario — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:00:59 +0000

Idk what most people don’t like about comcast. I have had them for the past 4yrs and I have no problems. I really doubt 250 GB will be too little for somebody but does anyone know if our bill has how much usage we use in a mounth. Im just curious to see how much I actually use.

By: Jeeverz

Jeeverz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:52:06 +0000

If you cry on 250gb cap, you need help.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:21 +0000

250gb… It’s 20gb-100gb on Bell’s Sympatico.

By: 216

216 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:19:10 +0000

seems reasonable, but i agree, a 5gb cap is waay too low

By: kingfish

kingfish — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:17:33 +0000

Just curious if anyone had any idea on the amount of data usage for VoIP devices like Vonage.

By: Braz

Braz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:04:04 +0000

I’m going outside now.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:24:28 +0000

As long as they don’t lower it, I don’t have a huge complaint against this cap. It’s very reasonable.