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I think instead of being able to advertise "up to" speeds, ISPs should have to advertise the overall average speed you can use in a month taking into account usage caps.

150GB/month works out to .47MBit/sec sustained throughput. If AT&T had to advertise that rate instead of 6Mbit for DSL lines, they'd think twice about caps.

UVerse is even worse--~1Mbit/sec instead of 24.

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That said, burst speed is what matters if you are streaming or doing something else that is similar.

The typical user has no need for sustained output unless they are torrenting things, being used as a supernode for skype, ect.

I do like the idea though.

It depends on what is meant by "burst". With a 250GB cap, you can use your 24Mbit UVerse "burst" speed 3.2% of the time.

I don't think it's unreasonable to look at something that is true 3% of the time and call it an unfair claim.

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