Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs

Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by xxxpupugo on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:12AM (#20694654)

I think there is always a cap in name, mine is like 1000GB per month. Though I never hit that limit anyway, so not experiencing it as well.

"Called the "Xfinity Terabyte Internet Data Usage Plan," the cap restricts the amount of data you consume in your home to 1TB per month regardless of the speed of your plan. Comcast claims 99 percent of customers use less than 1TB per month, but it does now offer an unlimited option for $50 more per month"

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by johnpowell on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:56AM (#20695008)

I have Comcast and used to pay the $50 a month for unlimited. It brought my bill $123 for internet. We don't have tv service with them. I switched to their business account that doesn't have caps and my bill dropped to $99 a month. But my download speed went from 150 to 75. But my upload went from 5 to 15. Download was never a problem but the better upload is nice.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by Larrikin on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:19AM (#20694718)

Comcast introduced the terabyte limit a few years ago. Luckily I have RCN in my area and was immediately able to switch when they started trying to charge me.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by rietta on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:21AM (#20694737)

Correct. It does make seeding a multi-TB RAID of wedding photos, home videos, etc, for online backup a slow, or expensive process.

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