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Comcast Bandwidth Cap
Do you have need for speed? Internet speed? For the past couple weeks I had. Its funny how certain internet providers in USA charge extra amount for the faster speeds but yet restrict you only to 250gb of usage. The way it works is that by paying extra you are allowed to download quicker but at the same time you will hit your monthly cap quicker. I learned the hard way. I recently signed up for extreme 50mb plan with Comcast. I was really happy with it a first my speed test were showing 62mb download and 9 upload. After one month I was contacted by Comcast security department informing me that I went over my monthly bandwidth cap and that I have to monitor my usage or else my account will be suspended for 12 months. I found it ridiculous that premium service with substantially higher price tag than basic would have such a cap. My download speed were about 7.8mb per second in 1 minute I was able to download 468mb. In one hour I was over 28gb in 10 hours at 280gb. So with 250gb bandwidth cap I am able to use my internet to the fullest for less than 10 hours per month.

That’s crazy, seriously what are top internet providers thinking. Most internet providers will market their packages as unlimited but in reality their not. I looked into several internet providers in my area but all of them come with a bandwidth cap. After speaking to my internet provider (Comcast ) I learned that they only way for me to use internet without any restrictions is to get a business line. Business lines are definitely more expensive and come with some extra futures such as antivirus protection and static ip if needed. Funny think is that I will be forced to pay installation fee even though there will be no installation as I already have all the wiring done from my previous residential installation. The good think about business / commercial internet line is that I will be able to have a web server at my house. Residential lines block certain ports on your line so that you are not able to send emails from your email server if you own one. In conclusion I believe that fast internet packages should come without any bandwidth caps hitting your cap in less than 10 hours is disapointing.

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