We know there's going to be bandwidth hogs and they should be charged, somehow, for their excessive use of a limited resource. And, yes, it is limited. At the same time, those sites, ah, read that "businesses," that promote extraordinary use of bandwidth to sell their product should likewise be charged. Don't put it all on the end-user that is at the mercy of the webdesigner that takes great care to load multitudes of graphics of high resolution - all of which costs in bandwidth. Also, at what point will the pop-ups be stopped? Before or after being counted against your bandwidth cap? That's another issue the end-user shouldn't be penalized for. Another trap the end user should be penalized for is the web-ring that swallows them whole and only wants to let go after a long trail around the ring. It's that or reboot in some cases. This isn't acceptable either. All the predatory practices that are spammed at long lists and geared to misrepresent their purpose and trick users into obligations, etc. should be ferreted out and penalized instead of the unsuspecting users that are trusting their ISP of performing the filtering they are so good at advertising. So much can be laid at the feet of the providers of websites and online businesses that the thought of charging only on the end-user side is totally unfair.

Another thought to be considered is the overall performance of America's net. Europe, and most of the connect world, laugh at our speeds as we're so far behind. It's just like HDTV, taking forever to get here, and then only because it's been mandated by the government. Is that what it'll take to get providers to upgrade?