Comcast Customer Service lies to you or is just clueless -- you decide.
It's some secret department called "abuse" that monitors your internet usage, warns you and cuts you off. IF you get a warning and you call Customer Service, they have no idea what you are talking about and tell you nothing is wrong. Then, BOOM. Your service gets shut down and no pleading can resurrect it.
All because there is some secret cap they will not disclose.
HARD NUMBERS, that's what we need. Instead Comcast spokespeople vaguely talk about bandwidth hogs who download the "equivalent" of hundreds of thousands of emails and photos. Would that be 1kb emails or 10MB emails? Would that be 80kb jpgs or 6MB jpgs? Their language is purposely obtuse so they cannot be pinned down. If they gave an actual number, like 100GB or 200GB, you could stay under that. Instead it's a shadowy cap you have no way of negotiating.
So, Georgie, Comcast is NOT a good example for you to use for chaap, unlimited bandwidth!
Your "$40" per month subscriber fee is wrong too. Cheapest "normal" (not promotional rate) is $43 per month and that's only "bundled" with other Comcast services. If you want standalone internet (no TV or voip phone service) then it's actually $57 per month!
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