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by tptacek 5580 days ago
What is something legitimate that you can do with 250GB in a month (that's 83 HD movie downloads), and, when you identify it, can you also tell me why the 98% of people who pay for U-Verse should have to pay for that level of service, which they will never come close to using/

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Either the top 2% pay a noticeable premium, or everybody pays a less noticeable premium. AT&T is not a charity, it's not a public utility, and it's not a monopoly.
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adbge 5580 days ago
> can you also tell me why the 98% of people who pay for U-Verse should have to pay for that level of service, which they will never come close to using

They are now effectively paying the exact same amount for a reduced level of (potential) service. Unless you're willing to speculate that this will eventually lower costs for the 98% (doubt it, are Comcast's users better off?), there is no gain for any end user in this scenario.

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tptacek 5580 days ago
In what way is their service reduced? Nobody who isn't torrenting is going to come anywhere close to this cap. It's 250 hours of streaming HD video.
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Bud 5579 days ago
As pointed out by various users above, you're simply wrong. This will not only cap pirates.
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