Comcast Data-Caps Coming to Washington

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

I work in IT, and manage customer networks. Bandwidth monitoring/management is a big deal all around right now.
It used to be you had to be someone like me to figure out how much data you're using. Not anymore.
There are some easy to use tools out there to track your data use.

-Mike

And, according to the second article I linked to at the start of this thread, such tools have often been found to not jibe with what Comcast's own meter is reporting.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

And, according to the second article I linked to at the start of this thread, such tools have often been found to not jibe with what Comcast's own meter is reporting.

Of course not.
Do you own due diligence so at least you are informed on some level.

-Mike

[xani]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

Comcast gets closer to nationwide data caps with expansion in 18 states | Ars Technica

[Note that almost all of the states where data-caps have been previously imposed are "red" states, while many of the new states have traditionally been "blue" states (California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin), where customers are more likely to be tech-savvy and larger consumers of data.]

See also: Tales from Comcast

Oh boy... thanks for mentioning this.

While the rest of the world is moving towards Gigabit internet which is easily doable over fiber, etc....seems like we're moving back into Middle Ages, if they indeed plan to enforce these limits. They had some limits in place before but they generally did not enforce them.