[jerf]

Bullshit. Nearly every broadband ISP in the US has cut you off with varying levels of warning if you use "excessive bandwidth" for years and years now. It's been a continuous stream of complaints about such things over the years. I actually give kudos to Comcast for finally putting a marker down on "excessive usage" a couple of years ago, and even more kudos now to AT&T for not only being explicit but providing an overage plan that is not terribly unreasonable for consumer internet. Despite my disinclination to give kudos to either company for anything.

There's no such thing as a truly unlimited service. I prefer that they be upfront about the limits.

Since Comcast put the 250 GB cap in place, I've had a hard time breaking 100GB, and I do several things that chew through bandwidth, like hi-def Netflix and a lot of OS updates and downloads. (Been shopping around for a Linux distro the last couple of weekends, for instance.) I have a hard time complaining.

[thematt]

Broadband and wireless ISP's have for years have been advertising unlimited plans of service while silently cutting you off if you cross some vague limit deemed as "excessive". You're right, kudos to Comcast and AT&T for putting a hard number out there to monitor against, but forgive me if I don't have the least bit of trust or respect for the ISP community.