Carriers, such as Verizon, throttling data based on the amount used per month. Why is it judged like that? If their end-goal is to open more spectrum for everyone else, why don't they judge it based on how much bandwidth the individual is using?
If I'm downloading a large file from a congested tower, would they throttle me if I've only used, say, 500MB for that month? Streaming music, I've found, is not as data intensive task. The files are small, and they don't even have to be downloaded all at once, they can do it second by second, just enough for it to stream properly. So would my streaming be throttled if I've used say, 6GB of data? Even though its not an intensive task? I just don't understand the reasoning behind judging based on gross data usage versus current bandwidth usage.
Supplying data costs money, once we agree on that then we are on the same page. Verizon and other carriers aren't concerned with opening a spectrum, they're actual bottom line is profit. Even when it comes to tiny little bits of money like the amount it takes to allow you to stream 6Gbs of music (which you already supplemented the cost for 10 fold) they will still make "caps" or just throttle their users. The reason for this is simple greed. The money hoarding, change slurping, tax brake abusing motherfuckers at the top want nothing more in this world than to milk every person for every penny while at the same time having to pay next to absolutely nothing for what they're providing, and it results in absurdities such as the problem outlined by you, good sir. These asswits, in my opinion, are literally holding back the general progression of the human race.
I guess I still have this small little notion in the back of my head from when I was younger that says, "these are honest companies". Good thing that goes away little by little now.