My only concern is whether or not this will affect my Hulu/Netflix InstantWatch addition.

As a major distributor of Pay for View programming isn't it a little disingenuous for Comcast to place download caps so that you will have to PAY to view their offerings. I don't know many people that have Comcast Internet that don't have Comcast cable as well. Good way to limit competition if you ask me.

"Comcast's terms of service allow the provider to change those terms, and generally focus on acceptable use."

Errr ... until it's challenged. An enforceable contract requires mutually objective manifestation of intent to be bound by the terms of the contract. One cannot assent to terms that are unknown.

Comcast is begging for a juicy class-action lawsuit if they attempt to impose cancellation fees or penalties on customers wishing to take their dollars elsewhere given the new terms of service.

Sometimes its funny to sit back and watch just how short-sighted a company can be.

Hopefully, Verizon, AT&T, and other companies start advertising, "No caps." I think this would yield a competitive advantage for them.

Just out of curiosity, how did you measure you usage? There is no bandwidth meter out there that can track your xbox live, or ps3's home accounts. I guess I should just call comcast's customer service 800 number every hour or so I'm on the internet and ask for a supervisor to see what my usage is.

I mean the is the equivenet of putting up a 15mph speed zone then rippinng out the speedometer in your car, and having to ask the police officer (who may or may not be short on his qouta this month) to let you know if you went past the limit.

Defend Comcast all you want, the truth is that they sold me an 'unlimited' service account, the now will in fact enforced limited. There is no mention anywhere of a limit cap in the contract. 200 users using the internet at peak hours will cause congrestion, no matter how much they are downloading. And finally to offer their loyal and paying customers no other options, no way to check their usage and no means of appeal is pure and utter nonsense.

And again I ask one simple question, why is Comcast's VIOP not taken from your 250GB limit but Vonage's service is?

Danthalis: I keep track of how many movies the kids down load, approx 5 to 6 GB each, and the PS3 game down load sizes, plus the Xbox 360 Downloads. The PS3 downloads are between 6 to 7 GB each and the Xbox is usually a little smaller than a movie, near 4 GB. The rest of our usage is pretty small stuff and the music, surfing and bill paying is pretty much negligble, well below 1 GB. I do some music streaming from VH1 and some local radio stations but it's never more than an hours worth each month, which is around 10 MB per minute or close to 600 to 700 MB. When the game machines were new, they downloaded a new game a week, but now that's tapered off to one a month. It's not really too hard to determine your usage, but I keep track because they all run through a router and I do notice when the router gets busy and I check out who's doing what and when.

This is an anti-trust lawsuit just waiting to be filed. Comcast owns and offers high-bandwidth services, both movies and VoIP. I'm willing to bet that they will not count consumption of those branded services against the cap. They do not clarify which services will be counted against the cap. They also limit usage without providing any legitimate monitoring tools for the consumer to track usage. Finally, it is very possible that they are breaching contracts with consumers by capping the service in the first place. Comcast can only get away with this because they hold monopoly or near monopoly status in many areas in which they operate.

All Comcast customers should immediately write to Congress and the FCC, or look into hiring an attorney to begin legal proceedings against Comcast. If you wish to contact Congress, the website Congress.org is an excellent resource.

dcolley, switching is easier said than done. Many consumers do not have options when it comes to choosing another high speed internet provider. Also, many of these other choices lie about the bandwidth they provide. My family tested Qwest's DSL, and it only reached 1/4 of the promised download speed so we canceled service with them. We need truth in advertising from broadband providers. If I sold a car promising that it could reach speeds of 150MPH but in fact it only traveled at 50MPH, then I would be in jail. Why do we allow these broadband providers to break obvious laws regarding advertising without consequences? Lastly, state and federal regulatory agencies will not permit Comcast to move forward with this plan without presenting customer with a clear and accurate meter on Comcast's website indicating how much bandwidth is being used. It would be like your cell phone provider not allowing you to see how many minutes you've used each month, then cut your service off when you've used up your allotted plan minutes.