I think this is fair. Bandwidth costs money, usage likely follows a power law distribution, and their fees are reasonable:
AT&T: $10/50 GB = 20 cents/GB
Amazon S3/EC2: 10 cents/GB
It's not like we're being gouged here...
AT&T: $10/50 GB = 20 cents/GB
Amazon S3/EC2: 10 cents/GB
It's not like we're being gouged here...
I'd be less ticked off if the rate above cap were more similar to the rate below cap, and if the cap allowed saturating your link more than 9% of the time, which is what this cap does for DSL users with a typical 6.5 Mbps download speed.
To buy a connection that can actually be used 24/7 with the new price structure would cost well over $200/month. That's not cool.