Aussie throttling
Be glad you're across in the UK on a seemingly all-you-can-eat (albeit with a bit of throttling, and now, site blocking)!
Down under, it's the norm to be charged exhorbitant rates for monthly packages that limit your up+down "usage allowance". If you haven't seen them before, check out these bargains...not: (current exchange 1GBP=A$2-ish)
http://www.bigpond.com/internet/plans/adsl/plans-and-offers/
http://personal.optus.com.au/web/ocaportal.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=personal_broadband_producttypeALLDSL_marketSegmentres&productpath=/personal/internet&FP=/personal/internet/broadband&site=personal
http://www.iinet.net.au/broadband/plans.html
The article is right - consumption will continue to increase needing a rethink on wholesale. You can bet your local ISP will find it just to easy to follow the Australia model and pass the costs onto us.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
