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October 10, 2016

Comcast Expands Internet Data Usage Caps and Penalties in November

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Last week Comcast (Xfinity) customers in more than two dozen regions across the U.S. will be automatically enrolled in the company’s new One Terabyte Data Usage Plan, effective November 1. For those customers, anyone who exceeds 1 TB of data usage each month from streaming music or videos, playing online games, downloading photos or surfing the Internet will have to pay for those data overages, and the penalties are steep – up to $200 a month! Why is Comcast doing this? How will it impact streaming and digital subscriptions?

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A Bridge Too Far: Should Governments Get Into the Business of Selling Data?

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Under the broad label of open data, governments around the world are opening up increasing numbers of fascinating and often valuable datasets to public access. Russell Perkins, our Subscription Insider Guide to Data Publishing Strategy, explores why Government moving into the business of selling commercial data products, however well intentioned, is a bridge too far.

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