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BitTorrent downloaders who thought they had scored a victory when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered Comcast to stop interfering with BitTorrent traffic aren't necessarily in the clear: The nation's largest cable ISP is moving ahead with plans to impose download limits. As part of a punishment from the FCC, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) was ordered to disclose its data management policies and disclose a new traffic management policy. Well, Comcast users got one. Beginning Oct. 1, Comcast subscribers will be subject to a monthly limit of 250 gigabytes (GB) for all downloads. The number will be in aggregate, meaning everything from e-mail to Web traffic to downloads to streaming music are thrown into the pile. The company spelled it out in an amendment to its Acceptable Use Policy. "If a customer exceeds more than 250GB and is one of the heaviest data users who consume the most data on our high-speed Internet service, he or she may receive a call from Comcast's Customer Security Assurance group to notify them of excessive use," it states. Additionally, the average consumer is taking advantage of an increasing number of high-bandwidth online applications, like Netflix downloads, video-on-demand, YouTube, online games like World of Warcraft and streaming music. But Comcast suggested that the vast majority of users shouldn't be worried. Charlie Douglas, a spokesman at Comcast, told InternetNews.com that... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]
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Reuters - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will cap customers' Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure the best service for the vast majority of its subscribers.