I agree that ISP's may need to charge a lot for a lot of data. Like say $200 for 1TB if you really need that much (made-up numbers for sake of argument). But th

I agree that ISP's may need to charge a lot for a lot of data. Like say $200 for 1TB if you really need that much (made-up numbers for sake of argument). But the fact that you use it for Netflix vs any other service or reason should not affect the price. There's also the issue mentioned in the sibling comment of the fact that internet use is naturally over-sold to consumers - the cost to guarantee a speed "at any time" is way higher than offering that speed "most of the time". I think that's also fair: if everyone in a city starts streaming a few different 4k shows at the same time one evening, it's fair if service slows down, as long as the advertised speed really is available the rest of the time. SLA (service-level agreement) is just another orthogonal aspect of the service that is sold (and businesses are generally willing to pay a lot more for consistent speed than a consumer, and this is also fair). It just comes down to unfair treatment of competing services/uses by a monopoly or duopoly ISP. Bytes should be bytes. Like the electrons you get from your electricity provider.