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    charliebronson: Remote DVR is already out in a lot of Motorola markets, anything with the latest (A28) guide update has it. more »
    Monty: A simple alarm clock app for their technicians to use to wake them up after their afternoon snooze on your couch would be the best Comcast app of all.... more »
    Slinkytech: Fun Fact (fact in the sense of a Comcast fact, in the way that their numbers aren't true): We all know comcast doesn't do anything but sit. That is ... more »
    Gann: Anyone know how large an average Netflix movie is? more »
    Alfisted: A little voice in my head screams, "You go home NOW! You been file sharing for three hour!" more »
    OCEntertainment: Where is the fiber and the bandwidth? Where is the video that was streaming? They have passed like dropped packets over copper, like signal over cell ... more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: I want to see the usage meter for my loud neighbors who don't have a password on their WiFi. more »
    nutbastard: Anyone else chuckling at the fact that we have an old, white Congressman named "Massa"? "Massa! Massa! The ISPs done capped our 'loads! And we slave f... more »
    nutbastard: Save us, Government, save us! We don't like the terms of our voluntary contracts any more, please hold a gun to their heads! Never mind that bandwidth... more »
    dfwguy: I know this is somewhat off topic, but I think AT&T has found another way to limit at least part of your downloads. Sometime around 7/15/09 they a... more »
    DontFeedTheTrolls: wait, what?! we are already being capped, this article is talking about making ISP's UNCAP. Your backwards comment makes my brain hurt more »
    Solaseria: For all of us- errr...those torrentors eating up bandwidth, would capping data volume put a damper on media pirating? more »
    GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: Wow, I really have no concept of what a data cap is thanks to FiOS, and if there was never a chance of it, more so the better. more »
    Hiphopopotamus: Yay in theory, but Booo-urns to the concept of letting the government determine whose needs are "justified," business or individual. more »
    admoseremic: While I agree with what this bill is trying to do, I find the idea of additional government involvement in my life disgusting. more »
  • #comcast

    Comcast Delivering Two More Apps For The Holidays

    Continuing Comcast's big day, Zats has learned that the cable provider will be rolling out two more customer apps (in addition to their data usage meter) in the near future: Xfinity and remote DVR scheduling. More »
  • #comcast

    Comcast Data Usage Meter Begins Rolling Out To Customers

    Starting today, Comcast subscribers in the Portland OR pilot market area will begin receiving notifications that they can access a usage meter via their online accounts to help avoid data overage charges. More »
  • #broadband

    Congress Readies Bill to Bring an End to ISP Data Caps6

    Eric Massa, a Congressman in western New York, has readied a bill that would force ISPs to justify economic need for data caps and volume-based usage fees. This would effectively bringing those practices to an end (for the time being). More »
  • #deathoftheinternet

    Time Warner Monthly Data Caps Spread Beyond Texas

    Texas may be great, but it could not contain Time Warner's HD video-killing monthly broadband data caps, which have now spread beyond its borders. More »
  • #comcast

    Comcast Usage Meter Coming in January to Help Users Avoid Data Cap Overages

    If you are a Comcast subscriber that worries about exceeding the 250GB data cap, I have some good news. A usage meter is in the works that will help you avoid this problem. More »
  • #tmobile

    T-Mobile Monthly Soft Data Caps Will Return

    When the G1 launched, there was an uproar over T-Mobile's 1GB-a-month soft data cap that would slow your connection down to a 50kbps trickle, and they backpedaled. Guess what? The cap's coming back. More »
  • #comcast

    Has Comcast Lowered Their Monthly Usage Limits?

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