Comcast limits data cap overage fees to $200 a month

Starting June 1, Comcast customers who face data caps will not be able to rack up more than $200 worth of overage charges in a month. Comcast will continue to charge an extra $10 for each 50GB allotted to customers beyond the standard data plan. But prior to this change, there was apparently no limit on how many times per month a customer could be charged the extra $10.

Comcast is also raising the monthly cap from 300GB to 1TB beginning June 1. To accumulate $200 in overage charges, customers would have to use an additional terabyte. Comcast will also let customers purchase unlimited data for an extra $50 a month starting June 1, up from the current $30 or $35. When Comcast introduced the unlimited data option in 2015, it was only available in some cities and towns. But with the June 1 change, it appears every customer in one of the data cap trial markets will be able to buy unlimited data. Customers who are signed up for unlimited data will pay the extra $50 each month even if they don't go over the cap. According to the letter posted on DSLReports, customers already paying for unlimited data will keep their current pricing until the end of 2016; after that, they will pay $50.