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[someonesouttogetme]

AT&T is an evil corporation. Narrowing everyone's internet usage based on a few people is retarded.
Comcast and AT&T both need to wise up and stop trying to find new ways to screw customers.

[rmonroe401]

Ah, this sucks. Now verizon will follow suit and I will be charged for my bandwidth use. I HATE YOU AT&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jinx101]

Once again, the consumers lose. Everyone loses but the telecoms. The only thing that could help the consumer would be if Google and Microsoft can bring us unlimited broadband over these new pieces of the spectrum being opened up (not the telecoms definition of unlimited that has limits... that's a huge pet peeve of mine). Since the government gives the telecomes whatever it wants we can only hope these tech giants with their clout can put up a fair fight. THAT would be the free market at work. What we've seen that has benefited no consumer is not the free market at work.

I was debating on changing from Comcast to AT&T... now I'm sure as hell not doing that. I have no other choices though. Save me Google and Microsoft. :P

[Edmond]

The biggest contradiction in providing Internet services is the costumer facing companies are locked into hopelessly outdated models.
Telephone companies* like the old AT&T and its successor spent a hundred years trying to put "minutes" into the network. That's how they made their money. The most incredibly complicated part of their business was/is the billing system. They keep trying to go back to this model whenever there is trouble.
Cable TV* grew up in an environment without any standards, they will not even consider any form of open access to their infrastructure. Just try to hook a PC to your TV cable system.
All of this is completely incompatible with Internet protocols.

How can you measure usage for a consumer that has no control over part of the incoming and outgoing traffic?

How can leave cable and phone companies in charge of the infrastructure used by their competitors?

Of course Comcast and AT&T want to impose usage limits. I can already bypass them and buy services identical to theirs from the competition. They have the ultimate weapon controlling the pipeline and will use it.

This can be changed only by a change in technology or regulation. Which one will it be?

[rtfire1]

at&t cap is low comcast on the other had at 250 gb is very high for the price my bro in newzealand pas a lot more for only 5gb

[YukonCornelius]

This is just another revenue stream for ISPs - don't let them tell you differently. As the Internet becomes more media rich, average bandwidth usage will increase. ISPs know that, and want to make money from it. What we need is to free ourselves from ISPs. But how...? For now - Just say no. Tell your greedy ISP you don't like this. Like most people, you probably have little or no choice in who your ISP is, but you can at least tell them you don't like it.

[GraysonPeddie]

C'mon, now! I can't wait for net neutraility and increase broadband speeds to catch up with other countries.

[teruble]

So, here we go again. Another company trying to put thems selves out of bussiness. This is typical of Microsoft. Always trying to get more from the customer.