> First, the bulk of consumer use does not require high instantaneous bandwidth. The bulk of consumer use also doesn't require high usage caps so this is an ex

> First, the bulk of consumer use does not require high instantaneous bandwidth. The bulk of consumer use also doesn't require high usage caps so this is an extremely noncompelling argument. My house also does a ton of streaming and I do a lot of remote desktop. I do care about decent peak throughput. > And from what I recall, cable companies generally throttle those uses anyway! Maybe? I'm super in favor of net neutrality but I also recognize that throttled cable internet is still faster than unthrottled DSL. > Meanwhile I'm consistently doing >2TB/mo on DSL. So by your math, a whopping 6Mbps.