[SpiritWarrior]

Horrible. I need to call and find out the fine details of it all. While most casual users will never hit this cap, anyone with Netflix, iTunes or even heavy Youtube users will now have another thing they must keep an eye on. Not to mention MMO's or any kind of online gaming. I use all of the above, so I am gonna be watching it like a hawk. Online games are actually pretty light in terms of bandwidth...but then, this depends on how long you play. I know people who play WoW all night. I log on and they're still online.

Streaming HD movies from Netflix are easily 3-6 gigs a pop, and this is just to take advantage of your Netflix subscription. Let's say you want to treat youtself and you buy a HD season of your favorite TV series from iTunes, that's like 40gig all at once - almost a third of your monthly allowance. Buy the first 4 seasons of say, Enterprise, and you are capped already. If you upload at all (even to sites like Youtube), this is figured into your cap also. Hosting a server from your home? Watch your back.

Shed a tear indeed, the day of capping has arrived. Let's see if Timewarner follows suit because really, if every ISP gets stoically on board with this plan, they will all benefit. Although I would like to think competition has its benefits. As always I imagine there will be one company that offers better or no caps, in an attempt to lure customers in. Still, it's annoying though.