i believe comcast has also quit carrying news as in usenet, even the non-binary ones

This kind of stuff had been going on in Canada for quite some time. Bell first introduced DSL caps back in 2000 I believe. 10GB/mth at fist split into 5up and 5down, then merged together as a combined amount. I remember maxing it every single month it existed. They turned it off after a few months probably due to complaints, but the trend was set. Now we in Canada have those limits on nearly every net connection.
Personally I view limits like these as the cost of doing business. What we need is some actual competition in the ISP world instead of the existing Telcos making it next to impossible for anyone else to get in the game