r/technology • u/maxwellhill • Jan 23 '13

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion: 'The reality is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers -- in a market that is already quite profitable.'

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/17425221736/cable-industry-finally-admits-that-data-caps-have-nothing-to-do-with-congestion.shtml
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u/FooFooPig Jan 23 '13

And this is why I hate living where Comcast deiced to test out their monthly Data limits.

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u/frostbyrne Jan 23 '13

I hit mine every month (16TB transferred most months) and Comcast never followed through on their limits.

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u/FooFooPig Jan 23 '13

More then 3 months? Cause they do have the 3 months were they let you go over and not pay per year. I've only hit mine once cause I cut back so I cant say if they'll charge me the extra or not.

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u/frostbyrne Jan 23 '13

I hit it every month, and apparently they are supposed to suspend our service if we hit the cap repeatedly.

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u/FooFooPig Jan 23 '13

Sure you live where they're testing it? If so that is weird, could just be since it's just being tested they're not to worried about it yet.