Heavy Internet users unplugged by US cable company - Yahoo! News

"Several Internet users in the United States have been unplugged by their service provider because they download too much, a press report said here Friday." - AFP

Isn't this outrageous? Comcast/AT&T and other ISPs charge us for using 2, 4, 5 mbps. Usually their ads don't even mention the fact that the real bandwidth we get is hardly even close to what they advertise. Also, when they say "unlimited" data download they don't really mean unlimited. For them unlimited download equals the amount of data we can download that they are comfortable with. So, imagine if you are a netflix user and want to watch movies online you may use up a lot of bandwidth that Comcast may think is inappropriate and terminate your internet connection. Since, they already cap on bandwidth shouldn't they allow us to use atleast that much bandwidth for the amount of time we wish? But, customers don't really have a legal recourse in this matter as we all have clicked on that "Accept" button in hurry to get going. This behavior by ISPs can be described as 'scandalous' at the least. But, it is a clear case of false advertisement.