First, the great news: Those evaluations are currently happening around America in more than two dozen places.

At exactly the same time, Comcast is saying it will not bill any customer for surpassing that limit more than $200 each month.

As we have described previously, we are not huge fans of information limitations or use-based pricing, particularly now, when more individuals are looking to loosen their pay TV strangleholds by turning to streaming entertainment choices, which can burn up lots of information.

The firm could not immediately be reached for comment. Yet, in context, Comcast Cable executive VP Marcien Jenckes set the new limit in a letter to customers, posted on DSL Reports by saying every month that it’ll enable audiences to stream more than 700 hours of High Definition video.

Consumers who transcend 1TB can purchase additional 50GB blocks of information for $10 each; they get added. But no matter how much information you use, you will not be charged more than $200 in overage fees during any month. Comcast says it’ll notify customers—using in- e-mail, browser, or cellular alarms —when they strike 110 percent, 90 percent, and 125 percent of their monthly allotment. There is a two-month grace period so customers can get used to the new strategy for exceeding the limit.

While Comcast presents this as a great deal for consumers, the changes may only serve to push high-use customers, scared of $200-a-month overages, to the infinite service grade of Comcast. The cost increase on infinite service applies to new customers beginning in June, but the lower rate can be kept by anyone now on the strategy through the end of the year.

The customers of Comcast will need to determine which strategy signifies a better deal. But, generally, while restricting Internet options to conventional pay TV services broadband limits in many cases are criticized as a means for Internet providers to increase their broadband sales.