If you live in one of the twelve states where Comcast plans to export 1.2TB data cards, we have some good news: you will only need to monitor your account for additional charges in July. The ISP had planned to charge customers $ 10 for using more than 1.2 TB of data from March, but the launch was delayed (via The Washington Post). It gives us a few more months until the plague of Comcast internet data caps nationwide is real.
The affected areas are in the Northeast region of Comcast: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as parts of North Carolina. and Ohio. If you live in one of the areas, you can charge up to $ 100 in excess fees for your use in July. It’s a lot of extra money, but now you have at least a little more time to see if you’ll be affected and to make a plan if you do.
The crackdown would begin in March, but it is being delayed after the Pennsylvania Attorney General objected, saying that now that we are struggling with the pandemic and using the internet for work and school, it is not time to change the rules. when it comes to using internet data and increasing the cost. After negotiations, Comcast agreed not only to push back the start date for the data sheet, but also to waive early cancellation fees for customers who do not want to be subject to the limits, according to a press release from the law firm’s office. general.
Although Comcast customers in the region are likely to be happy with the delay, it is only helpful to cancel your service without fees if you have another ISP that will provide your service, which many in the US do not. The rest of the country has had data cards for a while now, and people do not like it. Yet they rolled out anyway because the ISPs actually have no real competition.
Comcast, however, gives its low-income customers a bit of a break. They announced yesterday that they would double the speed of its Internet Essentials plan, and that it apparently will not impose data packages on the plan for the rest of 2021. Comcast confirms to The edge that this policy was nationwide.
The excess fees of 1.2 TB plus will come to the northeast in July and appear on August bills. If you exceed the 1.2 TB limit, you have to pay $ 10 for every extra 50 GB, with the fees of $ 100. You do receive one “courtesy” month, and if you go, you will not be charged extra , but after that the fees will start to roll in. Comcast is obviously excited to upgrade you to unlimited data for only $ 30 per month or as part of a $ 25 per month xFi Complete package.
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If you live in the Northeast and are worried about your account starting in July, Comcast has a tool to check how much data you are using. Since it was used for you, you can see if you are using more than 1.2 TB or not – and now you have a few more months to figure out what to do if you consistently pass. It is possible that you will not be. When I had a data pack, I generally stayed, and I’m a pretty heavy internet user backing up a lot of photos and videos in the cloud.
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