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Charter to Have Data Caps Beginning Next Week

By soulxtc

100GB cap for 15Mbps connection speeds or less, 250GB for 15-25Mbps, and no cap for 60Mbps. Data caps are slowly gaining hold amongst most ISPs as a neutral means for fighting network congestion post-FCC ruling that censured Cox for throttling BitTorrent. AT&T, Comcast, and Time Warner each have data already caps in place, and now it's been confirmed that Charter Communications has joined the list. According to DSL Reports, Charter will implement a 100GB cap on customer connection speeds of 15Mbps or less, and a 250GB usage cap for 15-25 Mbps. It's new $140p/mo 60Mbps connection won't have any limitations.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).