Oh noes! They be blockin’ our interwebs!
It started with Time Warner. Then Comcast. And now AT&T is jumping on the internet metering bandwagon. What does that mean? It means that for $49.99 or whatever it is you’re paying them per month for your internet access, they will allow you some internet. If you are a normal, under 30 user who watches YouTube and maybe uses BitTorrent to download music or video files, you’d better get out your pocketbook. Anything that the company deems to be “excess” usage will be billed extra. A single Netflix download would use up the entire bandwidth allowance for a low-end Comcast user.
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