Re:metered bandwidth (Score 1)

The problem is that the unmetered option is not sustainable at the prices that are currently being charged. The ISP's (telco/cableco, whatever) have based their unlimited pricing structure on people only using 10% of their capacity at any point in time (that's an example, I have no idea what the telco projections are/were).

Now that people are using more capacity than what they thought they are left with two options:

1. Limit what people can use
2. Increase prices to allow for the increased usage.

I would contend that unmetered access is not a sane business model unless you charge people for 100% of the capacity they have 100% of the time. This means that pricing would increase massively as people would be forced to pay for the speed of their access.

Do you want to pay something like:
1mbps = $200/mon
2mbps = $350/mon
10mbps = $1500/mon
(etc)

This is unlimited pricing based on your access speed, which seems to be what you're advocating.