[cptskippy]

> data costs for bandwidth costs hasn't gone down at the same rate

For clarification, at the business level data has always been charged by capacity and not volume. And the costs have fallen at double digit rates since they've been measured.

http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-H...

ISPs plan their networks for peek capacity, the only reason they charge by volume is because they can.