@elsant01 wrote: Also, the definition of a GB is the same as it was in 2012. And it was the same when a floppy disk was the most common way of installing software. But that isn't the point at all. What matters is that usage patterns have changed dramatically in just 3 years. Video is everywhere. You'd almost never encounter auto-playing videos, Netflix didn't have a single original show to its name, and few TVs had access to streaming services. Today, you're innundated with auto-playing video (heck, just go to paypal.com, and you'll be greeted by a full-page video background or scroll through the average social network feed), all the online video services are in a digital arms race of original content and library expansion, and almost every TV at the big box retailers include apps for all of the major video streaming services. Oh, and cord cutting is a thing. I pay for data in blocks for my family's cellular data. I'm actually okay with that. Not just because it fits our needs, but because when there is some high data use I can look at the usage of every single device on my plan. That to me is one of the most critical failures of the Comcast data caps; that I can't pull up the router and see a list of connected devices and their data usage for the month (the other major failure being that they don't scale up with the service plans... if I'm paying three times the price of their standard tier for a faster connection, my data cap should also be much higher, like in Tuscon's trial).
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