• Rob

    Why would I, or anyone else, spend as much for an “unlimited” mobile broadband plan that caps out at 5GB/mo and charges an outrageous rate for overages when I can spend the same money on a mobile phone with an unlimited data plan that’s not capped?  Xohm is taking too long to roll out.  Great, they’re in Baltimore.  They’ve had a contract with NYC for how long?  I could even live with the reduced speeds if I didn’t have to worry about caps.  There’s no market cooperation.  As more and more on-demand services become available, the consumer has to increasingly worry about overusing their falsely-named unlimited plans.  Instead of growing to meet demand, ISPs are trying to hold steady and charge more for increasingly scarce bandwidth.  It’s sad that America has such poor bandwidth compared to other industrialized nations like Japan.  Where’s my $50/month 100Mbps fiber optic service?
    Expand the networks to provide more speed, uncap the bandwidth, and keep the price competitive with wired options and the only complaint they’d have is having too many customers.