Comcast to Add and Enforce New Data Cap

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If you have a service like YouTubeTV or Hulu Live and you add that on top of Netflix/Disney+/Prime Video you will easily go over this especially if you are watching in 4k. Add to this the new higher res consoles that have just come out and you have a massive cash cow for Comcast. For those of you on Comcast, you can expect a rising bill in the months to come...

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Comcast's 1.2TB monthly data cap is coming to 12 more states and the District of Columbia starting January 2021. The unpopular policy was already enforced in most of Comcast's 39-state US territory over the past few years, and the upcoming expansion will for the first time bring the cap to every market in Comcast's territory.

Comcast will be providing some "courtesy months" in which newly capped customers can exceed 1.2TB without penalty, so the first overage charges for these customers will be assessed for data usage in the April 2021 billing period.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...2-more-states/

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Comcast raising TV and Internet prices, including a big hike to hidden fees

Comcast is raising prices for cable TV and Internet service on January 1, 2021, with price hikes coming both to standard monthly rates and to hidden fees that aren't included in advertised prices.

TV customers are getting an especially raw deal, as Comcast is adding up to $4.50 a month to the "Broadcast TV" fee and $2 to the Regional Sports Network (RSN) fee. That's an increase of up to $78 a year solely from two fees that aren't included in advertised rates.

As in past years, even customers who still are on promotional pricing will not be spared from the Broadcast TV and RSN fee increases. "Customers on promotional pricing will not see that pricing change until the end of the promotion, but the RSN and Broadcast TV fees will increase because they're not part of the promotional pricing," a Comcast spokesperson told Ars.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...es/?comments=1

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Verizon bitches