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Comcast may limit Internet use to 250gb
Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the Twin Cities area, said Internet subscribers whose use of the Internet exceeds 250 gigabytes of data a month may get a warning call and could lose their service. Customers who breach the threshold -- enough to send 50 million e-mails or download 125 standard-definition movies -- may be asked to reduce their use, the Philadelphia-based company said in a Web posting. Those whose "excessive use'' continues may be cut off for a year, Comcast said.
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