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Re:Comcast announces placing data caps by irons on Friday November 08, 2013 @11:20AM (#6697040)
That's incorrect. The old comcast system took congestion into account. I routinely ran 500-600GB/month offsite backups, but I scheduled them for the middle of the night and midday, and I never got a nastygram for exceeding the cap. The new system pretends that all bits are equally expensive, regardless of whether the system is currently slammed or twiddling its thumbs, which is a profit-maximizing lie.
Re:Comcast announces placing data caps by myers on Friday November 08, 2013 @02:21PM (#6698488)
I suspect it was selectively enforced. I had a similar usage pattern and did get a notice.