I am sure they will count every bit, so all the overhead, not offer real
kilobytes megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, but regardless at 50 mbit/s
you get to use it only 1.3 hours a day each month, that ain't btoadband,
at 100 Mbit/s you get 40 minutes of usage a day tops,i.e. less than a
day per months.
Craig Birkmaier schreef op 26-05-2016 14:05:
Comcast Promises Data Cap Overages Won't Cost More Than $200 a Month |
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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/05/25/comcast-promises-data-cap-overages-wont-cost-more-than-200-month.html
COMCAST PROMISES DATA CAP OVERAGES WON'T COST MORE THAN $200 A MONTH
First, the good news: Comcast is upping its data cap for broadband
Internet customers from 300MB to 1TB (terabyte) in the markets where
it's testing usage-based pricing. Those tests are now going on in more
than two dozen locations around the United States. At the same time,
the company is saying it won't charge any customer more than $200 each
month for exceeding that cap. Now for the bad news: Comcast is
increasing the price of its unlimited data usage plan at the end of
the year from $35 to $50. That fee is added to customers' basic
monthly charges.
As we've explained previously [1], we're not big fans of data caps [2]
or usage-based pricing, especially now, when more people are looking
to loosen their pay TV strangleholds by turning to streaming
entertainment options [3], which can burn up a lot of data.
Comcast calls its data cap program a "data usage plan." For customers
who have to live with it, the higher cap will obviously be a welcome
change when in goes into effect on June 1. In a letter to customers,
posted on DSL Reports, a Comcast Cable executive VP put the new cap in
context by stating that it will allow viewers to stream more than 700
hours of HD video each month.
If that's not enough data, you can buy addition 50MB blocks of data
for $10 each; they get added automatically. But no matter how much
data you use, you won't be billed more than $200 in overage fees
during any month. Comcasts says it will notify customers—using
in-browser, email, or mobile alerts—when they hit 90 percent, 110
percent, and 125 percent of their monthly allotment. There's a
two-month grace period for exceeding the cap so customers can get used
to the new plan.
While Comcast presents this as a good deal for consumers, the changes
may just serve to push high-use customers, fearful of $200-a-month
overages, to Comcast's unlimited service tier. The price hike on
unlimited service applies to new customers starting in June, but
anyone currently on the plan can keep the lower rate through the end
of the year.
You'll have to figure out which approach represents a better deal.
But, in general, broadband caps can be seen as a way for Internet
providers to boost their broadband revenues while limiting Internet
alternatives to traditional pay TV services. Let us know what you
think in the comments section below.
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Links:
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[1]
http://www.consumerreports.org/telecom-services/comcast-data-cap-the-isp-wants-you-to-pay-for-netflix-binges/?EXTKEY=AFOXDIG01
[2]
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/06/broadband-data-caps/index.htm?EXTKEY=AFOXDIG01
[3]
http://www.consumerreports.org/streaming-media-players/cord-cutters-are-few-but-tons-of-us-are-streaming-video/?EXTKEY=AFOXDIG01