Comcast — aka Xfinity — has launched an online backup service calledSecure Backup & Share . Current gamey - speed internet customer will get 2 GB of storehouse for free , upgradeable up to 200 GB for $ 100 / twelvemonth . But hey wait — didn’t Comcast desperately needto jacket datum ?
https://gizmodo.com/comcast-rebrands-itself-as-xfinity-seriously-thats-5463652
The service come via a partnership withMozy , with design include the aforementioned free 2 GB , a 50 GB option for $ 5 / month or $ 50 / year , and 200 GB for $ 10 / month or $ 100 / class . That ’s a enough price for swarm storage , but it ’ll also put you hazardously near to maxing out your monthly bandwidth parcelling . And to be clear : Comcast has confirm that the 200 GB of storage will enumerate against your crown .
https://gizmodo.com/digital-vs-analog-storage-how-many-vhs-tapes-equal-on-5347467
Comcast user currently have a 250 GB demarcation on the amount of data they can consume . If they use more than that , the abstract thought goes , the internet might stop working altogether . Or something . Go over the cap double in six calendar month , and Comcast hold the right to terminate your service .
So while giving users a storage option — some of it free , even!—is great , it just does n’t jive with the predominate bandwidth crisis that Comcast has used to apologise its draconiandata caps . If you ’re fit to put your file in the Comcast cloud , be ready to skip back on those Hulu visits . [ CNETviaBoy Genius Report ]
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