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Comcast capped our home data usage! | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 55711204  United States06/02/2014 10:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  We just found out that Comcast has capped our monthly data usage of home cable internet to 300GB. We almost went over. We had no idea about ANY of this until we got a strange phone call from them stating we were approaching our data limit, which we had no idea even existed! When we called them back, they stated we had a limit of 300GB and it would be $10 for every 50GB we went over and above that, monthly. We're sitting here saying "What the heck?". We have never heard of a monthly data limit of home internet usage! This is insane! We have 2 adults, 2 teenagers and a 2 year old who likes to play on our phones & other wireless devices. Seriously? We are looking elsewhere for internet now. We didn't go over our limit but we got very close. This policy is now effective in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. Here's the link... [link to customer.comcast.com (secure)] To check your data usage visit: [link to xfinity.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 20241035 United States06/02/2014 10:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39515783 United States06/02/2014 10:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Giohater  User ID: 5310448 United States06/02/2014 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 55711204 United States06/02/2014 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The link to check your data usage should look like this (without the spaces) ... http:/ / xfinity . com /mydatausage I still can't believe it. We are going to look at WOW cable services because I don't think they have data limits. There are too many people in our house using the internet to have a limit on our usage.. not to mention when family comes to visit and the teenage kid's friends. Geez! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58706652  Australia06/02/2014 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1739167 United States06/02/2014 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Last year comcast called me and told me I was using too much BW...they then threatened to shut my service off for a month if it happened again. I told them I had never agreed to any such service cap, and if they dared to shut my service off I would cancel them altogether. I haven't changed my habits, and they haven't bothered me since. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58607625  United Kingdom06/02/2014 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Phennommennonn Forum Administrator 06/02/2014 10:37 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We just found out that Comcast has capped our monthly data usage of home cable internet to 300GB. We almost went over. We had no idea about ANY of this until we got a strange phone call from them stating we were approaching our data limit, which we had no idea even existed! When we called them back, they stated we had a limit of 300GB and it would be $10 for every 50GB we went over and above that, monthly. We're sitting here saying "What the heck?". We have never heard of a monthly data limit of home internet usage! This is insane! We have 2 adults, 2 teenagers and a 2 year old who likes to play on our phones & other wireless devices. Seriously? We are looking elsewhere for internet now. We didn't go over our limit but we got very close. This policy is now effective in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. Here's the link... [link to customer.comcast.com (secure)] To check your data usage visit: [link to xfinity.com] dude comCRAP started that shit back in 2010 with me 250 gig & didnt say a fucking word - no notification whatsoever - i found out by loggn into my acct & just goin thrru acct tabs my "usage" was a pube under the 250 gig!! had i gone over the additionals wouldve been alacarte i told them to fuck off & went FIOS - no caps political correctness is a doctrine.... fostered by a delusional, illogical minority...... and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media; which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58684516 United Kingdom06/02/2014 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 18564820 United States06/02/2014 10:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sadly, thats the answer and instant solution. The ppl woukd.ha e yheir service reconnected and all get credits. But that would require someone to possibly miss americas got no talent or loud housewives from some fake city for possibly one night. This this will not take place. Americans have been labotamized by television. End og story. Those with a brain got rid of comcast years ago but thats a seperate issue. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 35890761  Canada06/02/2014 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The most perverse part of bandwidth caps is you are now paying for every advertisement sent to your computer because it counts towards your monthly total. So when you watch a video on youtube, they can stream you an HD ad that uses 100 MB and then let you watch a music video that take 10 MB. ISP's are now allowed to prioritize streams for companies that pay a premium (ie. Netflix). So they are making money twice for the same bandwidth - from the advertiser and from the customer paying in bandwidth usage. Crazy is gettin' batshit crazy |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58761431 United States06/02/2014 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 49013354 United Kingdom06/02/2014 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We just found out that Comcast has capped our monthly data usage of home cable internet to 300GB. We almost went over. We had no idea about ANY of this until we got a strange phone call from them stating we were approaching our data limit, which we had no idea even existed! When we called them back, they stated we had a limit of 300GB and it would be $10 for every 50GB we went over and above that, monthly. We're sitting here saying "What the heck?". We have never heard of a monthly data limit of home internet usage! This is insane! We have 2 adults, 2 teenagers and a 2 year old who likes to play on our phones & other wireless devices. Seriously? We are looking elsewhere for internet now. We didn't go over our limit but we got very close. This policy is now effective in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. Here's the link... [link to customer.comcast.com (secure)] To check your data usage visit: [link to xfinity.com] Maybe stop pirating movies? In any case can you not switch provider? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 50543722 United States06/02/2014 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Mechatronics User ID: 57084979 United States06/02/2014 12:28 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Mechatronics User ID: 57084979 United States06/02/2014 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41493692 United States06/02/2014 12:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I dumped my Comcast because they kept trying to nickle and dime me with rate increases every 3-6 months on my bill and because it seemed they were limiting my connection to Youtube during peak hours. Here's a thread about Comcast throttling Youtube: [link to forums.comcast.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58672473 United States06/02/2014 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58672473 United States06/02/2014 12:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 50543722 United States06/02/2014 12:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, hardly a month goes by without exorbitant overage fees. I'm using a MiFi now. In the past, I had satellite...the caps were similar, but if I went over, they'd throttle me down to modem speeds. They have us rural folks by the sack & they milk it for all it's worth. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57981403 United States06/02/2014 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 53805149 United States06/02/2014 12:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We just found out that Comcast has capped our monthly data usage of home cable internet to 300GB. We almost went over. We had no idea about ANY of this until we got a strange phone call from them stating we were approaching our data limit, which we had no idea even existed! When we called them back, they stated we had a limit of 300GB and it would be $10 for every 50GB we went over and above that, monthly. We're sitting here saying "What the heck?". We have never heard of a monthly data limit of home internet usage! This is insane! We have 2 adults, 2 teenagers and a 2 year old who likes to play on our phones & other wireless devices. Seriously? We are looking elsewhere for internet now. We didn't go over our limit but we got very close. This policy is now effective in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina. Here's the link... [link to customer.comcast.com (secure)] To check your data usage visit: [link to xfinity.com]  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58795380 United States06/02/2014 12:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58795518 United Kingdom06/02/2014 12:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58725353 United States06/02/2014 12:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | People in Europe and Asia don't have to deal with this shit, because their governments are actually sometimes proactive about consumer protection. We could probably stop this with regulation, but that would be un-American. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58725353 United States06/02/2014 12:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Google Fiber cant come fast enough. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 57981403 They need to stop charging Data on the Phones also, its just a rip off. Don't get me wrong, I would pay for Google fiber. But it's no savior. The idea of Google controlling the internet in America even more than they do now scares me. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58672473 United States06/02/2014 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've been thinking about Roku,l but am not sure if I have enough bandwidth. They tell me it's 10 mgbs, does that sound right? Also, can I even use Roku with that small amount? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 58672473 I just checked and it says 10 Mbps download speed. It that enough for roku? Okay, I hate the cable companies too! I want to ditch everything but the internet, which is why I am asking the above questions. I sincerely looked to find the answer and couldn't and would love for someone to tell me if this is doable. I am out in the sticks too and have only cable or Direct tv to choose from. |
| DREAM MAKER User ID: 43045081 United States06/02/2014 12:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 56306878 United States06/02/2014 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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