It is proposed that internet service providers (ISP) should be required to incrementally increase bandwidth caps for usage annually, at no additional cost to consumers, to reflect the growing requirements by commonly used web based services.
While the bandwidth demands have increased, outside the control of consumers, ISPs such as Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and others have failed to incrementally increase bandwidth caps. While it is within their right to place caps, placing caps that do not change as standard content demands change represents unfair business practices by what are largely oligopolistic firms.
As a potential solution, ISPs should be required to survey all ISP users annually by speed tier, and increase caps to only impact only the top 1% of consumers for that tier.