I would like to see this bill take effect. This is not a problem for me, I have unlimited bandwith with my ISP, but not everybody does. Internet is now needed in everybody's lives, and it is important. And with the prices of internet so high, we shouldn't have caps into what we can and can't do with our internet inside of our home. Just a thought.

I voted for him ^_^

With more and more media solutions being offered over the net, it seems a little like that black sheriff scene in Blazing Saddles. I say go ahead and let them shoot themselves in the head...someone will come along with better and cheaper service. After all, nobody EVER accused TWC of being astute marketers.

Not to mention how many people make a living working off of the internet. It is outrageous to PAY TO GO TO WORK IN YOUR OWN HOME... Not to mention capsizes the entire free software movement. Let's also discuss the ACTA Legislation (Internet2) on Congress's calendar in Spring of this year.

I applaud you NY Rep. Eric Massa, you the peoples and the NRA's full support on this matter. The freedoms provided in our country should expand to future frontiers like the internet. I hope that you carry and see this matter through regardless of the special interests involved. God bless you, and God bless America.

I don't get the fuss. You want more, you pay more. Simple. What was with the people not needing that large bandwidth previously? They were subsidising the downloaders and gamers who used large amounts of bandwidth. It's only fair that you pay more if you take out more. The price increase might be debatable, but tieing the cost of a service to the amount of service used makes sense.

I think the point is that a bandwidth cap is a circular way of dictating what a person what can do with his Internet connection. For example, many people are canceling their cable TV subscriptions because they prefer to watch TV over the Internet. This is not just BitTorrent users, but people who use legal services like the iTunes Store, Hulu, Netflix, and so on. Many people are also spending their free time playing video games (instead of watching TV, it should be noted), and video games increasingly involve an online component. Any one of these activities could put a person well over his allotted monthly usage, and in many cases ISPs don't clearly state what their cap is, or provide a way for customers to monitor their usage. So a bandwidth cap is another way of saying, "You can keep using your connection for whatever you like, as long as we don't think you're using too much. If we decide you're using too much, we'll cut you off, so you'd better find ways to cut back. We suggest limiting online activities such as watching streaming video or online gaming. And hey, why not try one of our many cable TV packages to help fill that free time?" That's right, I'm saying it. ISPs, who are almost universally also in the business of selling cable TV subscriptions, don't want you to cancel your cable. Instead of providing a service consumers want, they try to shove an unwanted service down our throats. I don't buy for a second that my using 250 GB per month (this is Comcast's cap) is going to bog down their system at any given time. I can only download or upload at a certain speed (which is significantly slower than what they advertise, by the way), across my entire network. At any given time, I'm not going to exceed transfer speeds of about 3-5 Mbps. What's the difference if I'm constantly transferring at this speed, or only intermittently while coming in under their arbitrary cap? Did I bog down the system less if, say, I only transferred 249 GB one month? And it is somehow unacceptable to transfer 251? The fact is, people are changing the ways in which they consume content, including TV. Previously only possible through something like a DVR box, people can now watch what they want when they want over the Internet. They no longer have to be home at a certain time to catch a certain show, or wait for reruns or a DVD release if they miss something. Online video viewership has skyrocketed in the past few years, and it's only going to keep on as long as more content providers wise up and make their content available online. Technology is already catching on, and we now see a slew of devices and software (home theater PCs, AppleTV, Netflix-ready devices, media software like Boxee, movie and TV download services on PS3 and Xbox 360, etc.) geared specifically for making it easier to view online content in more places than just a computer screen. (The line is even being blurred between computer and TV, most PCs now being built for compatibility with HDTVs and vice versa.) ISPs need to wise up and start offering a service people will be happy to pay for, instead of trying desperately to keep the cash flowing in the face of new, better technology and changing consumer needs. Disgruntled cable Internet customers like me should not feel boxed-in by certain companies' monopolies in some areas. I want an alternative.