This is why companies shouldn't be allowed to provide both cable content and internet delivery. As more people cut their cable TV services in favor of streaming content, companies like Comcast will look to charging more for internet delivery to make up for the loss of cable content revenue.
Comcast To Cord-Cutters: You Should Pay More
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Comcast VP David Cohen predicts that the cable and media giant will move all of its broadband customers to usage-based billing plans within the next few years. “People who use more should pay more,” Cohen told analysts at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit. Comcast is already experimenting with usage-billing models in some markets, with customers who pay for faster broadband speeds generally receiving a larger amount of data usage. For Comcast users in Atlanta, Maine and other select cities, the most common data cap currently stands at 300GB per month. Users who exceed this are charged (after an initial grace period) $10 extra for each additional 50GB of data usage.
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