Can you hear me now?

And that's what I plan to do after the contract expires in August, but the article is about Verizon after all. Plus, considering the nature of the telecom business, how can you be sure that that deal you're being offered is going to stay the same, or that the company that's offering it isn't going to be bought out by a company like Verizon? When I signed my current contract, it was with a different company that during that time was bought out by Verizon.

The ISP could charge a flat rate for everyone, and the power users who go over 250 GB can be charged 10c for each additional gigabyte.

Are you kidding? This is Verizon we're talking about. I'm currently have a phone with them (a cheap phone) and was recently looking into their data plans. Their non-"unlimited" plan is $10/month, and beyond a limit of 25 MB (not GB, MB) the price is $1/MB (again, not GB, MB). Somehow I think any new non-unlimited plan of theirs would be a lot more expensive than what you're thinking of.