ISP Bandwidth Throttling

Can ISPs still charge for more bandwidth?

commercial isp's do oversubscribe in the range of 1k-20k. it'll work fine if there is some form of fair-queueing that limits interference between customers.

Most (all?) US residential ISPs throttle.

It's more like the ISP's oversold bandwidth and now they are being dinged for it.

What about people with bandwidth caps?

If you want every ISP to provision the full bandwidth for every customer, so that their network can handle all their customers using their full bandwidth at the same time, it is going to cost each subscriber a LOT more money or get a lot lower peak bandwidth. I think MOST people would prefer to pay less and be able to use the full speed for a fraction of the time.If you want to know how much more expensive the connection would be if you expect to use the full bandwidth 24/7, just look at

They're not throttling. They're deprioritizing the traffic of their heaviest users. This allows them to provide good service for the majority of their users. The alternative is to drop some percentage of everyone's packets.

Bandwidth != Total data used.The ISP needs to build infrastructure to support peak instantaneous load. If the current network is at 50% capacity and I turn on Netflix there's basically no cost to the ISP, even if I've already used my 1TB of data for the month. If they are at 95% capacity then things start to matter a lot more.If the ISPs were interested in fair pricing, they should offer pricing like the power companies these days, charging more during the day/evening and le

It's not overuse if you're using the bandwidth that is advertised. If they can't handle you using the bandwidth, then they shouldn't offer it.

No, you pay for X speed you should get X speed. And screw everything else. If you are using it for work/play/illegal activities, let the pertinent authorities do what is legal - but do not throttle traffic based on intended use.