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There's two flavors of monthly data cap.

I have a Linode with a data cap of 300GB per month; if I use more than that, I pay a reasonable amount ($0.15/GB) for the excess. So if I use a lot of data one month, I get a charge on my credit card, and life goes on. I'm completely comfortable with this.

A residential Comcast connection has a data cap of 250GB per month; if I use more than that, they turn off my connection and ban me for a year. So if I use a lot of data one month, I find myself abruptly and semi-permanently screwed. I am absolutely not comfortable with this since the consequences are so severe and long-lasting.