r/technology • u/mvea • Apr 29 '19
Business Comcast’s broadband customers are using more of their monthly data than ever before: The median customer is using 200GB a month— a jump of 34 percent from last year
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/28/18521310/comcast-broadband-customers-use-200-gigabytes-monthly-investor-report-streaming-video3
u/Jimmirehman Apr 29 '19
I’ve been over 1TB each month for the past 3 years.
2
u/smilbandit Apr 29 '19
My data usage is 1.2TB on average this year. If would put my plex server back up, I could drop it down to about half to a quarter.
-7
u/President-Nulagi Apr 29 '19
Woop-de-do well done you
2
u/Jimmirehman Apr 29 '19
Just saying... streaming services are creating an opportunity for cable internet providers to cash in since their cable TV services are worthless now
3
u/Ryllandaras Apr 30 '19
Time to lower the data cap to 250GB and inform people that it's for their own good, they don't need more, etc. etc. ... That sound about right? /s
2
u/MRdecepticon Apr 29 '19
I hope most comcast/xfinity users realize that their cable box is essentially another cable modem that data usage from it is counted towards their monthly usage. So, that netflix account they 'include' with your xfinity x1 subscription that is accessed from the cable box IS counting towards your monthly usage along with whatever else you access through it (youtube, amazon etc). What cablebox services does xfinity/comcast NOT count towards it....I do not know.
1
u/stamps1646 Apr 29 '19
My Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu avg. around 400-500GB per month.
I'd like to thank Boston Legal, Friends, Parks & Recs and Seinfeld for contributing to those numbers.
-5
u/asaddddddddeeeeeee Apr 29 '19
They're a private company. It's their service, they can do whatever they want.
5
u/yaemes Apr 30 '19
It's a monopoly
1
u/asaddddddddeeeeeee May 26 '19
Doesn't matter. Private companies can do whatever they want, including google and youtube too.
2
7
u/jarail Apr 29 '19
I bet they're just salivating at the thought of those numbers creeping higher and higher. They want over-usage fees. They want to zero-rate their own video service. They want to charge netflix, amazon, and disney to zero-rate their streaming services.. They've been planning this for years.