I noticed all broadband deals come with how fast the internet is and all mobile data deals come with how much internet can be used up. I am aware that the amount of broadband data for a household can be huge and 3G/4G speed can be less than perfect, but that does not mean those cannot be modified to specific consumers by the providers to my understanding.
So, what is the catch?
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* If a home customer wants super fast internet, the ISP can install whatever equipment it needs between the customer’s house and the ISP’s central office to make that happen.
* Once it’s in place, it stays there, and the customer pays the ISP enough extra money to cover the upgraded equipment and to earn a profit.
* A cell phone customer will be moving around and constantly changing which cell site they connect to.
* The cell company cannot possible guarantee that customer a certain speed at every single cell site they own across the country.
* Charging based on data usage on the other hand is easy to do.
* Also some ISP are moving to that model as well. Home users in many parts of the US face a 1 TB cap each month. If they go over that cap they get charged more.
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