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We are having big shifts to content distribution over the internet with things like itunes, netflix, Amazon streaming movies, Apple TV, Skype, video chat, games, and software. Comcast (xfinity) and AT&T are going to do their best to cripple the internet to protect their other sources of revenue.

I recently moved to Seattle and had no choice but to sign up with Comcast. I wanted to have streaming video of NHK Japan coverage open while I'm doing things around the house. I'm to worried about eating into my monthly limit to do so.

> I'm to worried about eating into my monthly limit to do so.

Depending on the area, the limit may not even be enforced. I've pretty drastically gone over the cap every month since it was implemented and have yet to receive a warning, and I've heard the same thing from other users. Of course, YMMV.

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