justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/18/17 at 12:37:59:There's reason to limit bits, bytes, gigagbytes, or whatever..
If you're the provider and someone wants a website, like this one, the cost to the provide a site like this isn't much, but a site that is transmitting a high data stream to potentially a thousand oor more places might cost them tooo much to survive. I DON'T KNOW the particulars of how it works. I can't have much of an opinion with such limited understanding.
The Only Thing I can go on is,
I've SEEN government change rules.
I always get screwed.
While true, most of that is built into the pricing of the plans. But if you pay for a certain speed, and unlimited data, the provider does not have the right to pick and choose which sites will be delivered at what speeds. In other words, they can't let YouTube stream at HD speeds, while reducing NetFlix speeds to the point it won't work.
Also, I'm not sure what you're interest is, but it seems all kinds of things have been added to legislation that really have no connection to the core issue. That, my friend, is a discussion for the Tall Table, where you won't hear a word from me.