This is a naked money grab by Comcast, but geared more to the future than now. Now, most people won’t use 250GB a month. In the future — say 10 or 12 years —

This is a naked money grab by Comcast, but geared more to the future than now. Now, most people won’t use 250GB a month. In the future — say 10 or 12 years — most people will use ten times that. This gambit is just to get people used to metered, limited internet so they can charge much more in the future when bandwidth usage is far higher. As a cynical, Machiavellian profit strategy, it is a good one. Most will say, “Oh, 250GB! I’ll never use that!” And then in three or four or six years, they will. And then they’ll get the $500 internet bill in the mail. Comcast's bandwidth costs have done nothing but go down over the years. I can get 250GB+ transfer from a hosting company for $10 a month these days. I will never use Comcast, and I urge everyone else to do the same. You will get screwed over if you let them continue this backwards-looking strategy of un-commoditization.