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===Data cap=== Initially, Comcast had a policy of terminating broadband customers who use "excessive bandwidth", a term the company refused to define in its terms of service, which once said only that a customer's use should not "represent (in the sole judgment of Comcast) an overly large burden on the network".<ref name="tos">[http://www.comcast.net/terms/use/ Comcast, "Comcast High-Speed Internet Acceptable Use Policy"]. Comcast.net. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.</ref> Company responses to press inquiries suggested a limit of several hundred gigabytes per month.<ref>Carolyn Y. Johnson, [http://www.boston.com/business/personaltech/articles/2007/03/12/not_so_fast_broadband_providers_tell_big_users/ "Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]''</ref><ref name="nyt">[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/technology/14online.html "Say Good Night, Bandwidth Hog"], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> In September 2007, Comcast spokesman Charlie Douglas said the company defined "excessive use" as the equivalent of 30,000 songs, 250,000 pictures or 13 million emails in a month.<ref name="gamedaily">{{cite web| url=http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/comcast-clarifies-high-speed-extreme-use-policy/18014/ | title=Comcast Clarifies High Speed Extreme Use Policy, September 14, 2007 | access-date=December 1, 2007 }}</ref> Comcast introduced a 250 GB monthly [[bandwidth cap]] to its broadband service on October 1, 2008,<ref>[http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/Comcast-250GB-Monthly-Cap-Goes-Live-October-1-97294 Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1]. Broadbandreports.com (August 28, 2008). Retrieved on July 8, 2011.</ref> combining both upload and download towards the monthly limit. If a user exceeded the cap three times within six months, the customer's residential services may have been terminated for one year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/Frequently-Asked-Questions-about-Excessive-Use |website=Comcast.net |title=Frequently Asked Questions about Excessive Use |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303160240/http://help.comcast.net/content/faq/Frequently-Asked-Questions-about-Excessive-Use |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |date=October 1, 2008 |access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> A spokesperson stated that this policy had been in place for some time, but was the first time Comcast has announced a specific usage limit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329170,00.asp|title=Comcast to Cap Data Transfers at 250 GB in Oct.|work=PC Magazine|author=Chloe Albanesius|date=August 28, 2008|access-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> As the cap provoked a strongly negative reaction from some,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13512_3-10031116-23.html|title=Comcast's usage cap: Is the sky really falling?|publisher=Cnet|author=Peter Glaskowsky|date=September 3, 2008|access-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref> Comcast decided to modify its policy in 2012. Under the new system, the cap was replaced with a data threshold and increased to 300GB in some markets, and consumers who exceed this threshold are charged $10 for every 50 GB above the limit.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/comcast-raises-data-cap/|title=Comcast Suspends Data Cap Temporarily, Will Test New Overage Fees|magazine=Wired|author=Ryan Singel|date=May 17, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57436489-93/comcast-ditches-250gb-data-cap-tests-tiered-pricing/|title=Comcast ditches 250GB data cap, tests tiered pricing |publisher=Cnet |author=Marguerite Reardon|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="verge-leakedmemo"/> Customers could purchase a $30 add-on for "unlimited" data.<ref name="verge-1tbcap"/> In a leaked memo, Comcast employees were instructed to state that the policy is for "Fairness and providing a more flexible policy to our customers", and not for controlling network congestion.<ref name="verge-leakedmemo">{{cite web |title=Leaked Comcast memo reportedly admits data caps aren't about improving network performance |author=Dante D'Orazio |date=November 7, 2015 |url=https://www.theverge.com/smart-home/2015/11/7/9687976/comcast-data-caps-are-not-about-fixing-network-congestion |website=The Verge |access-date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> On April 27, 2016, Comcast announced that it would raise its data threshold in trial markets to 1 TB by June 2016; the company stated that "more than 99 percent of our customers do not come close to using a terabyte." The decision to raise the cap came following implication of increased scrutiny surrounding them by the FCC: in its approval of [[Charter Communications]]' purchase of [[Time Warner Cable]], the Commission stipulated that Charter must not implement caps. As previously, a $10 overage fee is charged for every 50 GB above the limit, and customers can purchase an add-on for "unlimited" data, but its price was increased to $50.<ref name="verge-1tbcap">{{cite web|title=Comcast is raising its monthly internet data cap to 1TB|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/27/11521566/comcast-data-cap-raised-1-tb-limit|website=The Verge|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=April 28, 2016|date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, Comcast announced that bandwidth thresholds would be implemented in the majority of its markets (outside of New York and the northeast) beginning November 1, 2016.<ref name="verge-mostcustomers">{{cite web|title=Most Comcast customers now have a 1TB home internet data threshold|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13192832/comcast-xfinity-home-internet-data-caps-one-terabyte|website=The Verge|access-date=October 7, 2016|date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> The data usage plan does not currently apply to the Gigabit Pro tier of service, Business Internet customers, customers on Bulk Internet agreements, and customers with Prepaid Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dataplan.xfinity.com/faq/|title=XFINITY Data Usage Center - FAQ|website=Dataplan.xfinity.com|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> On November 23, 2020, Comcast announced a new 1.2TB data cap will be implemented for all of the remaining areas in the northeast by March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21591420/comcast-cap-data-1-2tb-home-users-internet-xfinity|title=Comcast to impose home internet data cap of 1.2TB in more than a dozen US states next year|first=Kim|last=Lyons|date=November 23, 2020|website=The Verge}}</ref> However, it was postponed due to pressure from the Pennsylvanian attorney general due to concerns on how it would impact customers, especially for those working at home during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/03/comcast-suspends-data-caps/ |title=Comcast suspends Internet data limits, fees for Northeast customers |last=Romm |first=Tom |date=February 3, 2021 |website= www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>
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