[/caption]I had posted about Comcrap imposing a monthly 250GB cap for internet usage. Now AT&T (American Telecommunications & Tapping) is following Comcast by doing the same.
I think we've reached a point where in today's age, where there's alot of content on the internet to explore, and with today's society embracing high definition, this poses a big problem for users. For starters, high definition content uses significantly more bandwidth then standard definition. The higher the quality, the more bandwidth it takes to deliver that content to you.
When you have ISPs imposing broadband caps, essentially what they're doing is kicking everybody in the balls. This especially can impact several online services like iTunes, Amazon's Video on Demand, and Netflix as it prevents them from being able to do business by placing obstacles in their paths.
The cost of bandwidth should be very cheap now compared to what it was 5 years ago. Nearly every hosting company today offers packages that have unlimited bandwidth for your website(s), at a very reasonable price.
AT&T believes the caps are more than sufficient for average users, pointing out that a small subset of its customers -- about 5 percent -- uses a full 50 percent of the network's bandwidth, slowing things down for the remaining majority." ¹
If 5% of AT&T's customer base is using 50% of their network, that number is only going to increase over time. If ISPs cannot handle the current flow of data going in and out their networks, they should be investing in upgrading their infrastructure instead of slapping their customers in the face. As technology evolves, you don't see it slowing down, if anything it's doing the exact opposite. Those ISP's need to do the same.
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