Comcast Rations Broadband Use at 250 GB per Month

Comcast has announced that it will impose a monthly cap of 250 GB on customers’ Internet usage. The company acknowledged it has been evaluating a specific monthly data usage or bandwidth threshold for its Comcast High-Speed Internet residential customers for some time. "Today, we’re announcing that beginning on Oct.1, 2008, we will amend our Acceptable Use Policy ... and establish a specific monthly data usage threshold of 250 GB/month per account for all residential customers," reads a notice on the company’s Web site.