Going the wrong way: Comcast caps Internet usage
August 28, 2008 at 10:54 PM by Esme Vos
Comcast announced that starting October 1, it is imposing a 250 GB monthly limit on its customers’ downloads. You might say, 250 GB seems awfully high, I’ll never exceed that. Indeed, just sending emails, browsing websites and downloading music occasionally won’t get you even near 100 GB per month.
So what’s the cap all about? High definition movies. Comcast does not want you to download movies from competing content providers. It does not want you to have any choice in the…


