Did I say you were crazy? NO!
Only that you can’t read very well. Oh, and that as an engineer you got gut-stuck in the mud of lack of perspective for over-focus on some set of details. I do that too, all the time, fwiw. A hammer makes all jobs nail-centric.
Actually I can read very well. I just think that you don’t have a good understanding of how modern broadband works.
You keep saying that you shouldn’t have to pay for other people’s broadband habits and that only lazy people need high broadband limits.
While I agree with you that you shouldn’t have to pay for other’s usage habits, and I’m not even going to touch your comment that only lazy people need high broadband limits, what you don’t understand is that YOU DON’T CURRENTLY PAY FOR THEM TO USE THAT BROADBAND!
Unless you’re on a CATV service which has not been upgraded, other people’s broadband habits don’t effect you at all. Especially if you’re on FIOS like you claimed.
Now, you’ve stated that you downgraded to a slower connection to better serve your needs for a lower price. That’s great, but here’s the big secret.
Nothing’s changed. Nothing at all. You still are operating on the same equipment, with the same speed capabilities, over the same lines. What’s even more important is the fact that the equipment you’re using (if you actually are on FIOS) is capable of some seriously amazing things but the price for that equipment doesn’t change from one speed to the next. The only thing that’s changed is someone put a limiter on your usage.
Now, knowing that all the office equipment is the same and all the material in the field is the same, and you have a dedicated fiber optic line to your house so you don’t have to share bandwidth, and the only difference is that you’re paying a lower price for less bandwidth, limited only by a computer program, what’s your gripe about high bandwidth users?
Seriously, in the early to mid 90’s I would be right there with you fuming about the bandwidth hogs, but not today. Times have changed.