Thursday, May 17, 2012

Comcast to Boost Bandwidth Cap to 300 Gbytes

Comcast is going to test new metered bandwidth plans, with a boost in the basic usage cap from 250 Gbytes a month up to 300 Gbytes a month, with incremental changes for consumption above the cap.


The 300 GByte usage allotment will be tested for Internet Essentials, Economy, and Performance tiers, with additional gigabytes costing$10 for 50 GBytes, Comcast says. 


In markets where Comcast is not trialing the new plans, Comcast will suspend enforcement of its current usage cap. 


To be sure, streaming media providers would prefer to have no caps at all. Netflix is an example. 


But the new plans will strike many as a fair way to allow users to make their own choices about how much bandwidth they want to consume, while still allowing Comcast to better match consumption to its costs of providing bandwidth. 

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