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We’re Totally Screwed

As turtle-tastic as broadband is in the US compared to Asia, other than Time Warner’s experiment to charge by the byte, at least consumption-based billing has mostly been a problem for Canadians. Until now. Justin from Bend, Oregon just sent us his ISP’s new pricing plan, which makes Time Warner’s look supremely generous: $55 a month buys you a measly 50GB running at a respectable 16Mbps downstream. If you run over, it’s an extra $1.50 per GB. We hope Bend residents aren’t huge fans of iTunes rentals%26mdash;they’ll chew through your allowance mighty quick. Welcome to what’s shaping up to be the scary future of broadband in this country: It’ll be faster, but it’s either going to be filtered, slowed down or capped.

Thanks: [BendBroadband]

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