I don't know what Dread's thinking, but I know that my prediction, if the suggestion to declare the telecoms to be utilities ends up being followed, is that in the long run we'll end up back with purely metered usage generally and it'll probably cost major traffic sources (like Netflix and Hulu but also game companies like Valve or various MMO-servicers, and hell probably Google) more than the current set-up even including shakedowns like the ones you've been bemoaning.