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Remember when Net Neutrality went around?
I'm not sure what happened with that but it appears that we are getting backhanded now with our home internet providers.
Starting November 1 2017 the bastards (Comcast, from here forward will be referred to as bastards) will be limiting your household internet account to 1TB worth of data transmission.
I'm not a user of that much data, it will not have any impact on my life BUT what I do find irritating and pisses me off is that they are putting this cap on there.
They are straight going for the throats of those who stream videos, movies and the like. Since they cannot issue a pay-per-use on the sites you visit they will treat you like a cell phone company.
Bastards can suck my *#&#(
My average is what's shown in the image linked. I copied from their email.
Click here: https://customer.xfinity.com/MyServices/Internet/UsageMeter
for your personal data usage meter.
I'm not sure what happened with that but it appears that we are getting backhanded now with our home internet providers.
Starting November 1 2017 the bastards (Comcast, from here forward will be referred to as bastards) will be limiting your household internet account to 1TB worth of data transmission.
We're writing to let you know that we will be activating a new XFINITY Internet Data Usage Plan in your area. Effective November 1, 2016, your XFINITY Internet service will include one terabyte (that's 1,024 GB) of data usage per month. With a terabyte of data you can stream between 600 and 700 hours of HD video, play more than 12,000 hours of online games, or download 60,000 high-res photos in a month.
For the past three months, your average data usage was only
147 GB. Based on your usage history, you can still stream, surf, game, download and do whatever you want to do online, worry free.
One terabyte is a massive amount of data – less than 1% of our customers use that amount in a month. However, we still want to make sure you understand your options and choose the Data Usage Plan that works best for you. If you believe you will need more data, an Unlimited Data option is available. Our data plans are based on a principle of fairness. Those who use more Internet data, pay more. And those who use less Internet data, pay less.
One Terabyte Plan and Unlimited Data option:
One Terabyte (TB) included/month If one TB is exceeded, $10 is charged for each additional data block of up to 50 GB/month $200 overage charge limit - no matter how much data is used
Unlimited Data Additional $50/month No overage charges — no matter how much data is used each month
You can also track and manage your usage so there are never any surprises about how much data you use. Here are a few tools you can use:
For the less than 1% of customers who do exceed one terabyte of data usage, we're offering two courtesy months, so customers will not be charged the first two times they exceed one terabyte while they are getting comfortable with the new plan.
- Data Usage meter – Monitor how much data your household has used with our <broken link removed>.
- Data Usage Estimator - Estimate your data usage with our
<broken link removed>. Simply enter how your household typically uses the Internet and the tool will estimate your monthly data usage.- Notifications - If you approach, reach or exceed one terabyte of data usage, we will send you a courtesy "in-browser" notice as well as an email. You can also elect to receive notifications at specific usage thresholds and set up mobile text notifications. Learn more about notifications <broken link removed>. Usage notifications will not be sent to customers who enroll in the Unlimited Data option.
If you have any questions about the new Data Usage Plan, please visit<broken link removed>.
Thank you for being an XFINITY Internet customer.
I'm not a user of that much data, it will not have any impact on my life BUT what I do find irritating and pisses me off is that they are putting this cap on there.
They are straight going for the throats of those who stream videos, movies and the like. Since they cannot issue a pay-per-use on the sites you visit they will treat you like a cell phone company.
Bastards can suck my *#&#(
My average is what's shown in the image linked. I copied from their email.
Click here: https://customer.xfinity.com/MyServices/Internet/UsageMeter
for your personal data usage meter.