In a shocking move that could effectively end the way we consume Internet bandwidth these days, Comcast has announced that starting October 1st, they will be putting a 250 GB data cap on their customers’ accounts. Comcast argues that 250 GB monthly data usage is good for any of the following:

- Send 50 million emails (at 0.05 KB/email)
- Download 62,500 songs (at 4 MB/song)
- Download 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie)
- Upload 25,000 hi-resolution digital photos (at 10 MB/photo)

While I agree that the 250 GB cap is fairly reasonable for average consumer, with people spending more time online watching videos, Comcast is going two birds with one stone. After all, if you have a cap on how many movies people can watch online, they will be forced to get the Comcast Digital Cable services, which by the way is unjustifiably too expensive. I wouldn’t be surprised if other companies followed on this trend which means the unlimited Internet that we know today can be extinct real soon. What’s next, we wonder. Paying a cent to send emails?