Critics question Comcast Broadband Caps

Comcast’s decision to put a 250GB cap on monthly bandwidth use for its residential customers may look like a generous number, but some critics suggested the cap may cause problems for users in the future.

Comcast announced that starting Oct. 1 it will have a 250GBcap on monthly residential bandwidth, with the broadband provider saying it may send warnings to subscribers who go over the limit. If a subscriber goes over the limit a second time within a six-month period after getting a warning, Comcast will suspend the customer’s account for a year.

Less than 1 percent of Comcast users will be affected by the limit, and customers who go over the 250GB cap will not automatically be warned, depending on whether they are in that top 1 percent, said Charlie Douglas, Comcast’s director of communications