said by fifty nine: If it wasn't, we'd each pay much more than we are paying now.
That is not true at all.
How much do you think the equipment and lines costs?? Especially on a wireless where they have no last mile physical lines.
Do you really think wireless bandwidth cost more than your cable company or phone company that had to bury lines to every house??
Leaving your phone streaming is not abuse. You can't judge one persons usage to anothers. Also if you stream 24/7 the network would just be as congested if you only did it during peak usage times in the evening.
24/7 usage does not matter. The network must be built for peak usage.
Caps do not prevent people from using their connections at the same time.