| By making their content count towards the cap, I think they're trying to delay the inevitable--deep-pocket content /service providers (can you say Google, Microsoft, Sony etc.) from raising the net neutrality issues immediately in litigation and/or lobbying. Had they not made their content count towards their cap, I think you'd seen Google or MS (or possibly both together with other content/service providers) going to the FTC and possibly the courts immediately. Those that have a big stake in content, including game console manufacturers as well as gaming software companies, ultimately face the loss of a potentially significant portion of their projected income if severely low caps get enacted (low caps along the lines of TW and Frontier's proposed 5 GB caps). I expect to see these content and service providers wake up and smell the coffee fairly soon after broadband caps are actually implemented broadly. |
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