Telekom in Germany recently tried to introduce a similar data cap system on their flatrates ([1], with severe throttling to 384kbps after reaching the limit (be

Telekom in Germany recently tried to introduce a similar data cap system on their flatrates ([1], with severe throttling to 384kbps after reaching the limit (between 75GB for their 16 MBit and 400GB for their 200MBit plans)). Fortunately, a district court ruled that to be unlawful last month ([2], German). I fear, however, that a similar development in the US is more than unlikely. [1] http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/02255122829/deutsche-telekom-dumps-net-neutrality-will-limit-bandwidth-competing-video-voice-products.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130425/02255122829/deutsc... [2] http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gericht-telekom-drosselung100.html http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gericht-telekom-drosselung10...