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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Data usage and data throughput are two totally unrelated concepts in this discussion, and should not be linked.
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You made some excellent points, but how can you say the two should not be part of this discussion? The faster your connection, the more data you can transfer in a given time, obviously. What I'm saying is, the bandwidth that Shaw offers for an average connection is already at the point where you can very easily exceed their monthly usage. So let's say that 2 years from now, Shaw offers the same usage cap, but offers 3x the bandwidth. How is that really going to benefit me? Sure, I can watch streaming video or download something at three times the speed, but the faster your connection, the faster you are going to reach the usage cap. And the faster your connection, the more incentive you have to take advantage of the bandwidth. This is where marketing comes into play, advertise uber speeds, but then cripple the persons ability to use it.
I do understand that there needs to be a balance, but if you keep upping your bandwidth, and keep your allowable usage the same (or even lower it) then it becomes counter productive. And the car analogy doesn't work IMO, the situations are vastly different.