I am so tired of the Cable vs DSL BullSH!t peeing match.. It is so damn old and wornout. Who really care what you think is better.. To each their own and may it work best for them...
Without speed caps, file transfers would suck up network capacity and gamers would see ping times soar.
It is a trade-off.
High data transfer rates for those downloading and uploading very large files, versus better response times for gamers and those using voice over IP to transmit small volumes of data.