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They're not capping the top 5% each month. They're throttling it. That means that the top 5% could always be a certain range. So if the top 5% is over 50GB/mont

They're not capping the top 5% each month. They're throttling it. That means that the top 5% could always be a certain range. So if the top 5% is over 50GB/month, then once you hit 50GB you'll be slowed down, but not stopped. You can keep going, and this is why the top 5% can stay the same from month to month. It's possible that they can hit 50GB next month just as before, unless their behavior changes. You're right that this plan could bring the top 5% down to 40GB over time, but that's only if the users behavior on aggregate changes. Once you're in the 95th percentile of users, I'm not sure how much extra usage is needed to get to the 99th, or even how much changing your behavior will significantly lower the averages.

NathanKP 15y ago
When your bandwidth is limited it becomes difficult to get many more gigabytes as that is the whole point of a throttle. So when that throttle is applied to the power users then they physically can't download as many gigabytes as they used to. So my theory is that over time the difference between the 99th percentile and the 95th is going to decrease as the power users who used to raise the bar higher are throttled down to a more normal gigabyte per month usage.