content: That is a bit of a jump (now), but our internet connections are rapidly becoming the primary carriers of our communications and entertainment. By allowing carriers to limit bandwidth they are given the ability slow the progress and adoption of new technologies. This may not kill the internet, but it does have the potential to stifle advances that could be achieved if we had better access to unlimited bandwidth. you may want to check out an open source firmware replacement for your router. I'm using DD-WRT at home to do a bunch of stuff that the original firmware didn't do such as tracking bandwidth usage.