said by davidc502:Charging customers extra for data usage is frankly just a cash cow for ISP's -- a way to boost revenue.
Is that really true? How many customers exceed their data limits and pay extra? I have no statistics but the folks I know are aware of their limit and they don't exceed it because the penalties are high. If few exceed the limit, the reason for the limit seems to be other than generating revenue.
According to the article Verizon doesn't have data limits even though they claim it's a way for low usage customers to "keep their costs down". No limit means there's no difference between low and high usage. If low usage customers are not rewarded, how do they control their costs?
According to the article ATT does have limits with defined financial penalties but they seldom enforce them. This doesn't sound like a plan to generate revenue.
Perhaps Verizon is referencing wireless plans but I thought the context of the article was wired HSI.