By August, Comcast plans to charge Massachusetts residents up to $100 in additional fees for anyone using its Xfinity Internet service who exceeds a new monthly data cap of 1.2 terabytes — but a league of state lawmakers are pushing back on the move. Democratic state representatives Andy Vargas and Dave Rogers filed a bill on Jan. 27 that would ban the broadband provider or any other internet provider from shutting off internet access, raising rates or imposing data caps on Massachusetts residents during the COVID-19 emergency. In response to @comcast internet data cap plans, this week we filed HD 663 alongside @RepDaveRogers. An Act protecting internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic bans data caps during the public health emergency & more.