Yes, fantastic, over-simplied, completely unrealistic solution. It would require not only getting Netflix to give me that control, but also the devices themselves to be in on it, because the device needs to switch modes based on what network its on. The network itself is the deciding point of what bandwidth I want to use. What if I want the middleman to help with the content because Netflix and Apple and Google are nitwits on this issue, and the middle man can actually do something here? Do you think that Netflix or Apple or Google care about my demand? HAH!

There's a lot more going on here than "the pipes are filtering our data" and being blind to that means that the problem is going to unaddressed for longer.

If we allow data metering of any sort at all, then BingeOn things have to be ok. If we want to ban all provider-based data caps on wireless networks, I'm not sure exactly how that would work. And its not just data metering over wireless networks, pretty much all hosting solutions are billing based on the amount of data transferred.