[sambull]

There are. There are 5Mbps/10Mbps connections, that while being unusable for streaming HD are FAR cheaper and usable for other services.

The consumer is paying the price of what they can get out of the connection. Conversely I pay extra (higher bandwidth pipe) so I can stream more HD videos, and even extra so I can do so without a overages fee per GB after a TB.

The consumer in this case just paid to have a bigger pipe (more HD videos) and a use more data (unlimited bandwidth fee extra).

Over $100 a month extra to stream more HD videos, and to not get double the bill just for going over on bandwidth.

[hansel_der]

typical hd-steam (720p) is around 2Mbps