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Enforcement of the 250 GB data consumption is suspended.

Upon viewing source of page I find this:

GM what did you find? Nothing was posted in your post.

DIV ID tags saying about "DMCANotification"

reply to Gerard1234
Disregard. I understand now. Don't mind me ..it's been a very long week.

reply to Gerard1234
I see the same notice. I suspect it is in reaction to the inquiry into the caps anti-competitive behavior.
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Old dogs can learn new tricks!

I wonder if in my area they are going to raise it to 300 GB p/m then charge overage fees? I'm not too worried as the most I have ever used is 120 gigs. My family averages about 60 to 100 GBs p/m.

I still have no regrets getting business class.

reply to Gerard1234
More information posted, from last month...

»[BW Meter] Comcast to Replace Usage Cap

reply to Gerard1234

Same here. Yay! I won't get any call if I go over 250!

reply to Gerard1234
Man, I picked a good time to sign up for online backup services through Backblaze.

My initial backup is about 320 GB and is almost complete. My Comcast usage meter shows 515GB as of today.

You certainly did. Be glad enforcement is suspended for now. at 515GB and more to go, you'd be very lucky if you didn't get a call. Enjoy it while it lasts I guess. I'll be about 300 myself when it resets tomorrow night.

reply to Gerard1234
I now have the same message on my account page, but it still shows how much bandwidth I've used. Does this mean that it will show me if I use 5 terabytes, but they won't care? (Sarcasm for dramatic effect) Any idea on how long this will last.

reply to Chris 313
Well, I wouldn't go getting too crazy with data usage though, as on the FAQs page (»customer.comcast.com/help-and-su···ive-use/ ) about the suspension it says:

Q. Does this mean you're going to stop cutting people off who exceed your cap?
A. Effective immediately, we are suspending enforcement of our current data usage cap and we will launch trials of new data usage approaches, although we will continue to contact the very small number of excessive users about their usage, which can be indicative of security or related issues.

Not sure how much data you'd have to use now to be labeled an "excessive user."

Probably TB's like I said. If you're still within the GB's, maybe 1 TB, you're ok.

Would be nice to know the area's where they're trying 250 GB for lowest tiers and then graduating up as tiers go up, and those that will be 300 GB set for all tiers. I know it says 50 GB more for $10 more per month, but again wonder how many 50 GB bump ups they'd allow you. One of the ISP's only allowed like 100 GB extra & then they started. Chicago market here.

reply to telcodad
Yeah. I'm not planning to go too crazy with the enforcement suspended. Maybe 300-320. That is if I get that far before tomorrow resets it. I will, however make use of my full 250GB by tomorrow night. I'm at about 227 combined right now.

Me too. I'm not torrenting and pulling from newsgroups 24/7. It is just the initial Backblaze backup. My normal usage is around 150 GB/month.

I had actually planned on seeding the initial backup over 2-3 months to avoid cap issues, but after the enforcement was stopped, I decided to go for it.

I'll return to my near my normal usage next month.