Comcast announced that beginning October 1st. it will be monitoring user traffic to ensure that individuals do not download more then 250GB of data per month, users who exceed that quota will be subject to having their accounts suspended. The move by one of the largest U.S. cable companies is aimed at limiting heavy stress on their network.

While 250GB of data is rather large by most consumer use standards, there is a trend amongst some cable companies towards pricing per data usage or traffic limits, as in the case of Comcast.

As we are currently stuck with Verizon Avenue (mandated within our community complex) a sub-standard sister company of Verizon, I am keenly aware of others on the shared network who hog bandwidth and am happy when the network boots them off.

As long as the company clearly articulates their policy then consumers are free to act within a known framework. Comcast got into a public relations problem last year when they cut off some users based on an unannounced limit for usage.

 

 
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) and LG Electronics are moving closer to the adoption of their MPH™ (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld) standard for mobile devices. With a decision by the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) due in late 2008
 

Jay Adrick, Vice President of Broadcast Technology for Harris Broadcast addressed some questions about the proposed MPH standard as relates to TV broadcasters.
 
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Currently, how many broadcast stations are in trials of the MPH platform?
 
Jay Adrick
MPH is currently on the air on two stations in Chicago, WCPX (owned by ION) and WPWR (owned by Fox), plus the Capitol Broadcasting Station WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since February 2007, U.S. MPH trials have also been conducted in Columbus, OH; Washington, D.C.; Las Vegas, NV; and San Jose, CA.
 

Full Story: Jay Adrick, VP of Broadcast Technology for Harris Broadcast talks about MPH™ (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld)