These companies always forget there is a legitimate use for big bandwidth (or more accurately, throughput). Those of us who work from home/browse video websites/download music and videos legally/game/etc. are still here. Throughput usage is increasing every day for every user.
The instant they start charging per usage, I'll switch.
@mike
The infrastructure does not develop unless there is a need. If we set limits on the amount you can download, the infrastructure will take much longer to develop.
If tomorrow, everybody and their brother wanted to download movies online, we'd have companies building massive high speed low latency backbones starting the next day. I think the reason why we are not seeing these kinds of changes yet is that the average consumer is just starting to get over their phobias of not "physically" possessing their purchases.
The other day I looked at my DVD collection with the sad realization that I would probably never add any more physical media to it.
A final point: any time you have a per usage fee on a communication technology, the FCC regulates the behavior of the content that is sent along that communication's channel. So, for example, since per usage is common in cell phones, it is illegal to call or text cell phones with advertisements. This change would also mean that online advertising would die. Believe me, the legal ramifications of this idea would be big trouble.
