One by one, telecom companies are eliminating all-you-can-eat data plans, even as Internet firms roll out compelling new products that all but demand unlimited downloads.After AT&T's announcement of usage based billing last month, it seems that many other ISPs are going to follow suit.
We have not yet seen a significant public outcry, but some are fighting back:
"While broadband caps are not inherently problematic, they carry the omnipresent temptation to act in anticompetitive and monopolistic ways," the consumer groups Public Knowledge and New America Foundation warned in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last month, raising concerns about AT&T's new limits.:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/31/BUBP1JNKF6.DTL#ixzz1OCokfbIm