Here's a better suggestion to Comcast: You want to prevent people from over-using. Fair enough. Put in the 250GB cap, but rather than making it a violation o

Here's a better suggestion to Comcast: You want to prevent people from over-using. Fair enough. Put in the 250GB cap, but rather than making it a violation of TOS, do something more creative. You sell 6Mbps cable (as the standard). If someone goes over 250GB in a month, reduce their speed to 5Mbps. If they're under 250GB by 10%, up them back up. Tell them what they can do to lessen their bandwidth consumption (like turning of P2P when they aren't using it). This serves two purposes. First, it encourages people not to be wasteful of bandwidth. Second, when you lower speed, you lower the amount that someone can physically push through in a month. Oh, and don't forget, if someone is paying for a higher speed connection from you, they deserve a proportionally higher cap. So an 18Mbps user would deserve a 750GB cap if a 6Mbps user gets a 250GB cap. P2P or server hosting is really the only thing that will put you over the 250GB level - even high-quality Hulu won't push you over the limit. As such, people can control it as long as they remember to shut off their P2P programs. Bandwidth is a utility just like electricity. Leave the lights on 24/7 with inefficient bulbs and you'll pay for it.