Comcast Stream Tv. (credit: Comcast)

Comcast’s reside-Television-more than-the-World wide web service has launched in the Boston and Chicago locations, with plans to bring it to Comcast’s complete cable territory by early next year.

We asked Comcast today if Stream Television usage will count against the 300GB data plans imposed in specific parts of Comcast’s territory. “No, Stream is an IP cable service delivered over our managed network to the home,” a Comcast spokesperson replied.

Stream Television is offered to Comcast’s Web-only consumers, providing reside TV on computers, tablets, and phones. In-residence streaming video is delivered as a managed service more than the Comcast IP gateway in customers’ residences and works similarly to cable TV—despite not requiring a cable Tv subscription or set-prime box—potentially supplying higher video quality than rival streaming solutions. Sling Tv clients, for instance, have experienced many outages.