| What a coincidence! Just last week I contacted Comcast HSI tech support to suggest they offer a bare bones internet connection at 1500/256 for people like me--at a reduced rate, of course! 
I use BBR as my web startup page for Netscape and a picture of my cat as my IE startup page. I have bookmarks for my frequently visited web sites and use google to find those sites I don't know directly.
I do some surfing (mostly to find something in particular--not just to browse and see what is 'out there'). I download patches, updates, and upgrades to software I own. I occasionally download trial software or purchase software off of the net. I occasionally listen to ClassicFM in London or WVXU in Cincinnati via the net, but other than that I'm not using a lot of bandwidth as a rule.
I hate waiting for web pages to load, so don't want dial-up--as so many web sites don't have dial-up "viewing options". Also, I don't want to spend hours downloading upgrades, patches, and virus definitions.
Last time I checked, Comcast's portal page did not give the user options of what to display on the page and where to display it or NOT to display it (other than not to go to the page).
ANYHOW--tech support's response was "...we are sorry you are having problems with your connection" (I wasn't) and then went on to extole the virtue of their portal and its content "server".
Of course, I responded that I had not reported a problem, and that I did not use their content page, etc. Basically, I outlined the same stuff as above--trying to keep it to simple words of one or two syllables since the reply indicated they weren't very good at reading my messages.
Hey, for people like me a cap of 1500/256 for a lower fee would leave more bandwidth available for those of you do download and upload gigabytes of stuff routinely.
I have friends and relatives who need that content because they can't find the search button on their browser--let them pay the support cost for that hand-holding. I only need my hand held when I get software or hardware conflicts!
Just my two-cents, and it probably isn't worth event that! 
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