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> > I'm not sure. I think what happens a lot is they sell packages as unlimited but are > > actually measuring everyone, and for the few outliers going over a limit, they send > > an email saying you are now on a limited amount. It reminds me of a few years ago, > I > > got a call from Comcast saying I was in the top 1% of bandwidth users and they > asked > > if I had an unsecured wireless network because people around me were probably > tapping > > into my router. I was going crazy with downloads, but these days with HD Netflix > etc. > > I'm sure tons of people are using that much bandwidth. > > Comcast's cap is 250GB per month, or at least it was back when I was a customer. They > had an app to monitor your usage, and on my absolute heaviest month I just about hit > 200GB. That was with streaming movies, multiple BitTorrents, plus all of our regular > usage. Most months I never went over 100-150. I'd bet the average, non-geek customer > never even gets to 100. If you're hitting the cap often enough for Comcast to start > throttling you, I'd say you're at the pretty extreme end of heavy usage.
Looks like the summer download season has been a bit slow.
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