I live in Toronto, Ontario, and at least one of our main broadband providers (Bell Sympatico) has instituted a bandwidth cap of 5 gigs up/down per month (roughly US$27 flat rate fee). Over the limit usage is charged to the consumer @ $4.75/gig.
Presumably its purpose was to wean people off of P2P file sharing networks, but it will also kill the emerging broadband entertainment business. US$3.95 for a movie is fine, but not when I have to pay another $3.85 to my isp. It doesn't take a lot of movies to hit the cap.
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I live in Toronto, Ontario, and at least one of our main broadband providers (Bell Sympatico) has instituted a bandwidth cap of 5 gigs up/down per month (roughly US$27 flat rate fee). Over the limit usage is charged to the consumer @ $4.75/gig.
Presumably its purpose was to wean people off of P2P file sharing networks, but it will also kill the emerging broadband entertainment business. US$3.95 for a movie is fine, but not when I have to pay another $3.85 to my isp. It doesn't take a lot of movies to hit the cap.