Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 states for rest of 2021

Comcast is delaying a plan to enforce its 1.2TB data cap and overage fees in the Northeast US until 2022 after pressure from customers and lawmakers in multiple states. Comcast has enforced the data cap in 27 of the 39 states in which it operates since 2016, but not in the Northeast states where Comcast faces competition from Verizon's un-capped FiOS fiber-to-the-home service. In Nov 2020, Comcast announced it would bring the cap to the other 12 states and DC starting in Jan 2021. But with Feb 18's announcement, no one in those 12 states and DC will be charged overage fees by Comcast in all of 2021. The delay applies to CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NC, NY, PA, VT, WV, and DC.