> On the other hand, I do have about four other ISPs I can switch to, maybe that influences it? Real competition, yes, that is the big influence. Sadly, in wa

> On the other hand, I do have about four other ISPs I can switch to, maybe that influences it? Real competition, yes, that is the big influence. Sadly, in way to many locations in the US, one's broadband choices are limited to one or two providers. If every location where Comcast operated broadband service there were four other equivalent providers of the same service, they would not ever think of cutting someone off for a year or limiting them to 250G/month of up+down transfers. These kinds of tactics are what monopolies do, simply because they can.