Internet Fair and Flexible

Verizon just got beat down by the NY State Attorney General for advertising there wireless service as "unlimited" when in fact caps exists and people where terminated for heavy usage.

Thats great! I hate false advertising however if you browse forums like http://www.dslreports.com you will find the bottom of the barrel claiming caps in general are evil, or that use of there line to download illegal music 24/7 is ok no matter what the ISP terms of service says.

Every where you look ISP's are throttling, capping and otherwise stepping on the toes of there users because the bottom 10% of the barrel are abusing the system.

In the real world you could relate this to the 20/80 rule.. in this case 20 percent of your users are going to use up 80 of the bandwidth and in turn affecting everyone else.

Now ISP's are trying to take control and in turn they break legal use of services like Joost and bittorrent.

We know charging per the byte is well a pain in the ass but how about following sprints "Fair and Flexible" idea?

Since it costs nothing extra to provide the max pipe to everyones house do it, Give everyone access to the highest speeds they can connect!

Then provide REASONABLE tiers of service.. Like

Grandma&Grandpa 10gigs = $15 a month
Emailismylife 25gigs = $25 a month
JoeBlowAverageGuy 250gigs = $50 a month
Gaming247 1000gigs = $100 a month
IamApornfriek 4000gigs = $150 a month
ItsnotoutyetbutIhaveitalready Unlimited = $250 a month

Only charge me for the tier I fall in for the month and provide me tools to monitor my usage, Provide the ability to set limits per day, IE parental controls

In the end, I ask you STOP JERKING OUR CHAINS!! with promises of unlimited usage you can't keep and provide us with realistic service and expectations!