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by sage_joch 6495 days ago
To me it seems reasonable to have some kind of metering in place (a threshold could be placed at a high enough value that 99% of people would never run into it; the penalty for exceeding the threshold could be a slower connection, rather than a ridiculous bill statement). But I would find it completely unacceptable for an ISP to limit how users used their bandwidth.
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Agreed, though they shouldn't be allowed to label that access as "unlimited".

Also agree with the poster below who bemoans the monopolistic nature of broadband. Many markets have only one or two viable options for broadband internet access.