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Comcast has fallen under fire recently for the way it handles its Xfinity app on the Xbox 360 console; basically, the company doesn't count the bandwidth against subscribers' monthly data cap. It sounds great for Comcast customers, but critics -- including Netflix's Reed Hastings -- say the practice is a violation of Net Neutrality. Perhaps to silence the screams for blood, Comcast announced today that it plans on increasing its data cap and trying out some new data management approaches.
The whole idea of having a mobile data cap blows, especially when you consider the things we're using our smartphones for, like downloading games, surfing all corners of the Web, streaming Netflix, tapping into streaming music, and so forth. Snug fitting data caps become even more bothersome when you have access to a fast 4G LTE connection, but there's a bit of relief in sight.
Canadian ISPs are notorious for subjecting their users to atrociously low data caps. Needless to say, some of the more restrictive data plans are unfavorable to bandwidth-intensive activities like watching streaming movies. Mindful of this fact, Netflix has now launched a new video quality management option for its Canadian users, letting them select the video quality that best suits their data budget. Hit the jump to know more about the different video quality settings now available to Canadian Netflix users.
Faster broadband speeds kind of remind us of being adrift in the ocean where there's plenty of water all around, only you can't drink it. What do we mean by that? Well, broadband providers continue to push out higher speed service tiers, and if you take a look around, there's tons of content to pluck from cyberspace, like streaming movies and music, game downloads, and so forth. Potentially marring the experience, however, are data caps, and starting soon, AT&T DSL customers will be limited to 150GB/month.
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