Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1
Updated: Comcast confirms our story...
09:30AM Thursday Aug 28 2008 by Karl Bode

Back in May I broke the news that in addition to throttling back
high- consumption users to "DSL like speeds," Comcast was considering 
implementing a 250GB monthly cap as part of their shift toward 
"protocol agnostic" network management. Despite consumer grumbling, 
that plan is in fact now moving forward. Sources tell me that Comcast 
will officially announce that they're implementing this new system 
starting October first.

Originally, the source indicated Comcast was considering charging $15 
for each 10 GB over the cap customers travel. A press release should 
drop shortly confirming whether this is still the case. The source 
claims there was also consideration of a new system whereby users who 
received more than four DMCA letters in a twelve month period 
potentially faced account suspension. That's a risky move I would 
imagine won't make the final cut.

"The intent appears to be to go after the people who consistently 
download far more than the typical user without hurting those who may 
have a really big month infrequently," says an insider familiar with 
the project, who prefers to remain anonymous. "As far as I am aware, 
uploads are not affected, at least not initially." According to this 
source, the new system should only impact some 14,000 customers out of 
Comcast's 14.1 million users (i.e. the top 0.1%).


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