Comcast prepares to screw a million with data caps in 2021


In 2021, data caps are set to be screwed up by millions

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Next year, Comcast will Northeastern U.S. In ExxonMobil customers start charging exorbitant fees for more than their monthly data cap. Like Edge According to reports, customers who are not on the unlimited plan who exceed 1.2 TB of data in a month will have to pay 10 10 for every 50 GB of data, which will be on top of 100 100. To put it in context, streaming HD video uses about 3GB per hour. Cloud gaming on something like Stadia uses about 10 GB of data per hour at 1080p. So if you’re not looking carefully at your data usage, you may end up with more than the usual monthly bill.

The change affects customers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of North Carolina and Ohio.

However, the new fee will not start immediately. I think that’s reassuring, but the U.S. There is no news right now in the middle of the news given to Exfinity customers that they don’t give “credit” to Exfinity customers who are just getting worse in Castcast. And February 2021 to simplify them into a new policy. Basically, those customers will not see any excessive fees on their account for those two months. After that, customers receive a contingency credit each year if they pass through contingency.

If you look Exfinity website Now, you won’t see the changes listed at the moment. According to Ars Technica, It appears that Comcast last week removed the notification after Friday, November 20, but a spokesperson confirmed to Ars that the data cap is going to be nationwide in January 2021. Stop the cap Here is a screenshot before changing the webpage.

Com Commast says customers will be notified when they come close to their monthly data limit, but the ISP does not currently give its customers a way to independently check meter readings. If you have Xfinity but you use your own router, you will have the option to view traffic statistics in your router settings. If you do, you should be able to see real-time data usage as well as data usage over a period of time. For example, the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 router has options like Statistics, Bandwidth Monitor and Traffic Monitor under Traffic Analyzer setting. If you currently rent your router from Comcast, now may be the time to think about owning your own so you can monitor your own data usage to avoid any overage fees – especially if you live with a lot of people who have multiple devices Streams all types of media on. For hours every day.

Data caps are arbitrary unless the FCC rules and the ISP stops squeezing every dime. Out of customers, We have all gone bad. Past research has shown that Data caps do nothing to reduce stress on the ISPS networkAnd our current Internet infrastructure takes place during epidemics just fine. Back in March 2020, Many large ISPA deferred data caps, Overage fee waived, and even increased speed. The internet did not crash and burn. Yet data caps and overcharged fees still exist when millions of people still need any financial relief they get because the epidemic is still nowhere to be found. Closer to go away.

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