One of our own in the Guardian.

Sun Jul 14 17:48:55 UTC 2013

Don't know about you, but when I log into my Comcast account I see :

*Note:enforcement of the 250GB data consumption threshold is currently
suspended
*

Even then, the 250GB only ever applied for the "slower" accounts.

  Scott

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 at gmail.com>wrote:

> In Mountain View (the middle of Silicon Valley) the only choice i have is
> overpriced Comcast w/ a 300 gig limit.  I used to chew threw 300 gig in a
> week when i was in school.
>
> -Grant
>
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Alex Rubenstein <alex at corp.nac.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Yet, here, where I live, only 47 road miles from New York City, I have a
> > cable company who sells me metered (yes, METERED) DOCSIS, for nearly
> > $100/month, 35/3. The limitation is like 100 GB/month or something (the
> > equivalent of the amount of Netflix or AppleTV my kids watch in a
> weekend)
> > No alternatives, no FiOS, no nothing. Well, I can get 3/.768 DSL if I
> > please.
> >
> > Someone, please help me.
> >
> > Please.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Jima said: Really, who has 100/100 at home?
> > >
> > > Oddly, those living in Grand Coulee, WA.
> > >
> > > I went there once to setup corporate connectivity for a regional tire
> > store.
> > > They ordered the minimal drop, 50/50Mbs. One of the tire changers there
> > > told me that he had 100/100 at home for $50/month.
> > >
> > > This was a town without T-Mobile service. I had to haul out the butt
> set
> > and
> > > clip on to the business POTS lines to turn up the VPN.
> > >
> > > Most of rural Central Washington has very good fiber connectivity.
> > Forward
> > > looking Public Utility Districts FTW!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
> >
> >
>