It seems that what Comcast is saying is that Internet traffic is "expensive" and needs to be metered, supposedly because of the costs incurred to maintain an In

It seems that what Comcast is saying is that Internet traffic is "expensive" and needs to be metered, supposedly because of the costs incurred to maintain an Internet cross-connect. However, based on this statement, it seems that Comcast is saying that they have plenty of in-network capacity. They are "encouraging" customers to stream video, as long as that video doesn't need to come via an upstream Internet handoff. So, by an extension of this logic, Comcast customers should be able to stream peer-to-peer traffic within the network without it counting towards monthly caps. Technically, upstream and downstream data has different "costs" in a cable network, so I could see an argument where Comcast claims that upstream traffic, even in a peer-to-peer setup, has costs associated with it. But, I think that by making statements and policies like this one, Comcast is actually slowly eroding their ability to limit and cap data, they are introducing loopholes and work-arounds that could actually be used against them.