In my opinion, data caps on wireline service are getting pretty sleazy too. For e.g: AT&T U-Verse will let you remove the cap[1] using a $30 add-on. However th

In my opinion, data caps on wireline service are getting pretty sleazy too. For e.g: AT&T U-Verse will let you remove the cap[1] using a $30 add-on. However they'll also remove the cap "for no extra charge" if you subscribe to one of their bundles. (Which works out to about the same price, for the 2-year promotional period anyways, after which you'll be renegotiating your bill with retentions.) I suspect they're doing this so that if you really need the bandwidth: you'll find the basic TV subscription to be a much better use of the $30. That way they get to tell their shareholders they've stopped hemorrhaging pay-TV subscribers. I flat-out refused the sales guy as soon as I saw the 600GB cap in the fine-print of the contract. He tried to tell me most people don't get anywhere near that figure. Now I don't doubt that statistic, but I have my own statistics. I pulled up my router's bandwidth report[2] and showed him that my network would bump up against that cap nearly every month. [1]: https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1010099 https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-spe... [2]: http://fatalsyntax.com/imshare/bw-report.png http://fatalsyntax.com/imshare/bw-report.png