[quote=equalizer]
However, if data usage keeps growing there could be bottlenecks without upgrades. Should every user pay for that? Should the person reading email using 1Gb/month subsidize some people I know who are downloading 150Gb/month?
The big problem I see is the low limits proposed by TW compared to Cox. [/quote]
Data usage have always been growing. Once upon a time (i.e. less than 15 years ago), we were talking about 14.4kbps, 80MB HDD, etc. Look at where we are now. Now, you have all the online e-mails, 15MP cameras and HD camcorders. You can easily chew up 1GB/month of bandwidth if all you do is back up your pictures to the cloud. If you remember, back then, AOL were charging $20-25/month for 14.4kbps. Guess how much ATT is giving you for $20-25/month today? Technology improves and go forward, not create caps and stand still. I don’t buy the argument of we’re near the peak of our bandwidth capabilities and going to start seeing bottlenecks. If you just look at other countries, you’ll see that they have much higher speed than we do at a much lower price. They also don’t have caps either. Even in your own example, TW speed went up when they have to compete with better competition. It just show they’re trying to squeeze as much out of us as they can. I will gladly go to a provider that offer me no limit at the lowest price.
