Boston, MA 06/19/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is reportedly testing caps for its broadband internet customers with a view of limiting them to 300GB per month. The company has already started open trials for its home broadband data caps in several key markets around the country. Comcast plans to limit residential customers using the Xfinity internet service to 300GB per month with a set provision of being required to pay $10 for each extra 50GB used.
What 300GB of Data Can Get You
The company’s spokesperson on an interview with the Times Leader maintains that 300GB on a normal occasion could get one more than 230 hours of high definition movies, as well as 575 hours in standard definition movies and 40,000 to 93,000 eBook’s a month. The company also believes that not many people will exceed the 300GB limit claiming that 98% of its customer never exhaust the 300GB allocated.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has attested that a vast majority of customers will never be caught on the predicament of buying additional bucket for usage as the limit is set extremely high. Cohen during the company’s call with shareholders also highlighted that the current caps are only trial and May never reach the rest of the U.S market.
Comcast with other players led by Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are still pushing the FCC into the creation of internet fast lane so that web companies can pay more for better service delivered.
Comcast Creating 190,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots in Michigan
Separately, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is creating a total of 190,000 new Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots in Michigan as part of efforts to connect more home and business based Wi-Fi networks. The new Hotspots are to give existing customers access to high speed wireless web access at no additional charge.
Infrastructure is already in place with the technology expected to create a network that is accessible to anyone about anywhere there is Xfinity customers.
