NEW YORK/San Jose, Calif. (KCBS) -- Comcast, which is the country's second-biggest Internet service provider, says it will set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.
Starting October 1st, Comcast says it will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month.
Comcast has already reserved the right to cut off subscribers who use too much bandwidth each month, without specifying exactly what constitutes excessive use.
Customers who go over the limit are contacted by the company and asked to curb their usage.
While this would only affect a small segment of users, on web surfer in Silicon Valley says there should not be any limits in the cyberworld because there are so many “limitations in the real world” and that the Internet should be the one place where people aren’t restricted.
However KCBS’ Technology Analyst Larry Magid says that he is not upset by the decision and says he understands the company’s need to protect it’s network and feels that they have done so in a “reasonable way.”
Magid adds that it would be very rare for someone to exceed the new limit, as the average person uses only two to three gigabytes per month.
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KCBS' Mike Colgan reports
