Shaddows - 2:51 pm on Mar 11, 2009 (gmt 0)

ISPs can just say: Service X is ŁY per month and you get Z-mb of traffic. If you want more upgrade. Any ISP that doesn't do this will go out of business. My ISP limits me to 11GB per month.

Yeah, and if they made it easy to monitor your usage, that would be a good start.

However, your thinking a bit short-term. Capping your limit helps manage their current resources, but does NOTHING to improve future capacity. An analog of Moores Law applies here- we need to double capacity every couple of years. Who's paying?

If its broadband users, expect bills to go through the roof.

Its a serious question that needs addressing. Simply saying the hosts, carriers and ISPs should be traffic-agnostic is pointless. The non-neutral POV suggests the people with cash should pay. Its a Free Market solution, but means the little guy gets stomped.