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Originally Posted by Bill14564
My guess: Those that are likely to spend a lot of time on the internet or rely on the internet have already purchased the "regular" Xfinity plans that have the caps. Those that are purchasing the NOW plans that don't have caps today are new to the internet or just want it for email or downloading Kindle books. This is Xfinity trying to gain entry into a new set of customers and the no-caps language is marketing.
I suspect things will change and more people will switch to the cheaper plan. When that happens, the cheaper plan will become more expensive and caps might be put in place.
That's if there isn't already some fine print that says your speeds could be lowered if you exceed a certain number of GB in a month. "Lowered" and not "capped" or "extra charge" means they would still be able to advertise no caps while effectively limiting usage.
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Interesting.
I would think those who want basic internet would change to this service and there could be a lot of people making the switch to keep costs low and only get the internet bandwidth that's needed. They could also be doing what Quantum did a while back. Offering a very cheap, low speed service and then increasing the price a little once some critical mass were on the service.
If you look at it from a technical view, the NOW service, except for the equipment, rides over the same cable lines, switches and servers as the regular priced customers. Maybe they get less priority at high usage times but I would think the cost for transport should be about the same. Maybe they can offer a cheaper price because they are using refurbished equipment that they would have otherwise discarted? I would think when the service price gets low enough, the margin is so small that it's not cost effective for them to offer the service?
It will be interesting to see what happens.