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Comcast to charge for Internet usage like cell phone companies charge for data

• dang 12y ago
  Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8639038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8639038
  • jaytaylor 12y ago
    My comment was apparently moved.. this was very confusing. Wish there were notifications for this type of thing ;)
    • deleted 12y ago
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    • dang 12y ago
      "Comments moved to..." means that your comment, which used to be here in a duplicate thread, has been moved into the main thread on the same story. That's HN's current way of merging threads. We don't do it without reporting that we did it.
      • jaytaylor 12y ago
        Now I understand. Thanks for the info!
        • dang 12y ago
          You're welcome! The ways of HN tend to be laconic. If you're ever confused again, just email hn@ycombinator.com. Easy questions usually get quick replies; harder ones take longer.
• badmadrad 12y ago
  further reasons to do everything you can to not support this company.
• No1 12y ago
  Is this "Flexible Data Option" supposed to be a joke? Reduce your data cap 98.3% (300 GB to 5 GB) for a 12.5% ($5) bill reduction, but you forfeit the bill reduction if you go over the cap and pay an additional $1/GB for overages. That's worse than a cellular data plan.
  • ulfw 12y ago
    Why would you expect your almost-monopoly cable provider to be better than your almost-duopoly wireless provider? (depending on location)
  • tzs 12y ago
    No, it is not a joke. See the earlier discussion for elaboration.
• ulfw 12y ago
  I like how everything people ACTUALLY bother to use is rate/time/bandwidth limited, even though it might have been unlimited before (most mobile plans were unlimited and now the GB limits are going down every year, most cable/DSL plans were unlimited and now are becoming capped...) whereas things DON 'T use as much anymore went from expensive (remember $0.20/min calls and SMS) to free/unlimited/thrown. Hm...