said by moon1234 :

I will take my 16/2 without any caps from my cable company (Charter) any day. At least I don't have to worry about being cutoff/speed limited or charged through the nose for overages. High speeds with caps are no better than having a slow connection.

All caps do is protect the provider’s content from threats to voice and video that exist on the internet. It also stifles the uptick in new emerging technologies. Being able to video conference with Mom and Dad, Grandpa, etc. will only become more common and available with the advent of high speed symmetrical connections. Limiting the bandwidth to a fixed amount will stifle the adoption and innovation of these types of technologies.

Look at how much word of mouth Sprint used to get when their mobile broadband was unlimited. Many mobile applications and innovation were tested and used on Sprint's network first. Now that they have imposed a 5GB cap all of the praise and enthusiasm that I used to hear for Sprint in developer forums is gone.

CAPS are BAD for consumers and emerging technology. There are ways to manage a network fairly without CAPS.