I think they should be able to directly control how much bandwith each person gets, but then if they provide less than they advertise people should be able to sue the crap out of them.

So if they say 2 mb/s, you better be able to do that much 24/7 rain or shine. If they want to provide a variable service, then define it completely so the customer knows what they are paying for.

Then they will be forced to compete to provide the best persistent speeds. Right now it doesn’t matter because people are more likely to get a 10 mb/s service that almost never goes above 500kb/s and goes as low as 50kb/s than a 1 mb/s service that usually is that high.

Telecom companies, on the other hand, argue they invest tons of money in networks, and large content providers should pay a premium so their data are delivered quickly.

Barring that, the telecoms want the freedom to manage the network to prevent “bandwidth hogs” from crowding out regular users.

Bell Canada is now limiting bandwidth usage. Once this ball stops rolling it’s going to be hard to stop.