said by EPS:I think (well, hope) that the reasons for the 5 GB caps are primarily technical and have to do with the limits of 1xEVDO and at&t's implementation of UMTS/HSDPA, rather than being implemented "for sheer hatred of the consumer", and that 4G networks will be designed so that the caps are unnecessary, or at least can be raised to something reasonable for home use...
Yeah, I'm probably just dreaming...
Still doesn't explain $256 per GB cap overages. For $199 Verizon will let you have a 10 GB, so if they didn't have the capacity for 10 GB caps you'd think they wouldn't even offer them. Also they list ther overages at 25¢ per MB which seems benign to the average person who doesn't know the differnce between a MB and a GB or how little it takes to use a MB, so I don't think trying to discourage use is what Verizon has in mind. I think just the opposite. I think Verizon wants user to violate the caps so they can collect outrageous overage fees.
