Comcast still has data caps. My service is 1.2 TB per month. If we get close, we get a warning email. If we were to go over (hasn’t happened yet), we get billed per additional 500 MB.
However, I just looked at my account usage for the first time for a few months, and somehow have had zero usage since March of this year. On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 5:48 PM Michael Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6/15/23 3:19 PM, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > While a lot of ISPs gave up on data caps, the language is still > > lurking in many Terms Of Service. > > > > > > > > > https://www.fcc.gov/document/chair-rosenworcel-proposes-investigate-impact-data-caps > > > > > > proposed Notice of Inquiry to learn more about how broadband providers > > use data caps on consumer plans. Data caps, or usage limits, are a > > common practice where an internet service provider (ISP) restricts how > > much bandwidth or data a consumer uses, though many broadband ISPs > > temporarily or permanently refrained from enforcing or imposing data > > caps in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the agency > > would like to better understand the current state of data caps, their > > impact on consumers, and whether the Commission should consider taking > > action to ensure that data caps do not cause harm to competition or > > consumers’ ability to access > > broadband Internet services. > > So why did they back off? Cost too much in support calls with pissed > people? Bad publicity? People can't meaningfully use the offered > bandwidth these days? Something else? > > Mike > >
