Comcast bandwidth caps now in effecg

Effective today, Comcast is now limiting the amount of bandwidth - or data traffic - that consumers can use each month. Those who argue for unlimited Internet access see the cap as the beginning of what will surely be even more restrictive controls that will limit technology and the open exchange of information online.

For most of us, though, it’s probably no big deal.

At least for a while. But just as 1MB or memory on our computers seemed way more than we needed a dozen years ago, technology demands have a way of growing exponentially. And a massive traffic limit today may seem crippling tomorrow. Read more

Internet caps may cause users to limit usage

Like all monopolies that control vital services, the nation’s Internet providers are moving to control the growth of traffic on their networks by making the heavuest users pay the most.
And it’s a scandal. Even modest Internet users may hit these arbitrarily-set usage caps, as SFGate.com reports. All the cable companies are considering it.
You think big oil is greedy? The cable companies are every bit their profiteering equals.
The coming usage caps will likely cause consumers to limit their Net usage, downloads, video watching and other services and features that many of us have come to take for granted. Read more