Slight Case of Same Yet Massive Difference: US download quotas and caps

Via Boing Boing -Comcast limits customers to 250 gigs a month

Starting October 1, roundly hated broadband provider Comcast will begin officially capping consumer use at 250 gigs a month, according to the company’s recently-updated Frequently Asked Questions about Excessive Use.

250 gig a month.  The best plan I could find for an Australian ISP was 60gig a month capped.  This is the digital disconnect in action – Australians have to think about quotas when downloading even on “big” quota deals like 40gig.  Here, there’s outrage at capping at 250gig a month?

Try our networks, then complain about a monthly cap that beats most people’s annual caps.