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Originally Posted by Cistern
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So how about the last part of my post... does anyone know if this internet data cap thing is a new thing introduced only to capitalize on profits or was it always capped before internet speeds became this high?
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Comcast tested this in my market for 5 years. They put 250gb cap. I would produce 750gb months and never got a notice. I avg'd probably 320gb a month. It is mostly a tool to prevent bot-nets, and torrent-ers off their systems. They could point to a clause in contract and easily boot you.
It is mostly a fear tactic to try to get you to reduce your consumption. Problem is consumption has been increasing year over year at a very rapid rate. Everyone wants a HD quality video, Youtube even does 2k. Shit I thought I saw 4k. Articles like this from 2012 point to it
Linky!. Up 120% in 1 freaking year, Netflix responsible for 33% of that increase, Youtube is 8% of all traffic and Facebook double that almost at 15% and this was 2012!
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