Comcast has once again decided to cut some of its customers to the limit of data, Ars Technica reports. Always facingGrowing pressure from customers and lawmakers, the Internet service provider has decided not to apply excessive data limit rates to its Northeastern customers until 2022.
“We recognize that our data plan was new to our customers in the Northeast, and while only a small percentage of customers need additional data, we’re providing them with more time to familiarize themselves with the new plan,” Comcast said. he said in an ad yesterday.
The latest change affects Xfinity customers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Yes Comcast had continued its policy, Should have made Northeast Xfinity customers pay an additional $ 10 for every 50 GB of data they were reviewed after reaching the 1.2 TB limit, unless they subscribed to an unlimited plan from last month. These charges would be supplemented by a maximum of $ 100 per month.
Earlier this month, Comcast had said it would not charge excessive data commissions to customers in those states until July 2021. after negotiations with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. The state of Massachusetts introduced the legislation last month temporarily ban Internet providers like Comcast imposed data limit on customers in the state until the covid-19 pandemic ended.
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Comcast also recently has increased the speed of the Internal Essential package from 25/3 Mbps to 50/5 Mbps, starting next month, in response to parents, teachers and students saying the previous speed was not enough for low-income households to practically attend school. It seems like the setback has been working to get the ISP to treat its customers with a little more compassion, but the work needed to closing the digital divide is not close to being done.
As a reminder, the rest of Comcast Xfinity’s customers in non-Northeastern states not only have to worry about data limitations, but they also pay excessive commissions, even though the covid-19 pandemic also affects them. It has been pointed out time and time again by organizations like Electronic Frontier Foundation that there are no data limits for managing network capacity. They exist to charge customers more money, either in the form of excess commissions or to convince customers to move on to a more expensive plan.
As of now, Comcast has said nothing about what it will do once the January 2022 roles.