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What we need is a truly free market and we wouldn't have to worry about this regardless of your position. The telecoms are all implementing caps that seem "reasonable" to some, but won't be so reasonable a year or two down the road, and they are quite clearly designed to restrict what you do on the internet - the telecoms will even tell you that. They don't want you using Netflix or iTunes, they want you using their crappy and expensive Video on Demand or paying a bundle for the movie channels. They don't want you using Skype, they want you using their crappy (and expensive) VOIP options. The telecoms are giving millions to the critters in Congress and they are doing everything they can to maintain the local monopolies they were given decades ago, and many of them have received millions in taxpayer dollars, such as grants, or they are getting taxbreaks.

They shouldn't be able to dictate what you do on the internet as long as they are granted a monopoly by your local or state government, and they damn sure shouldn't be able to dictate what you do on the internet unless they start paying back those tax breaks and grants.

If they want to dictate what we do or try to impose ridiculous caps to keep us from using Netflix or iTunes, they should have to participate in the open market and lose their government granted monopolies.