Last week a user alerted me that Rochester, NY based DSL operator Frontier added a 5GB per month cap to their acceptable use policy, declaring that anything more than this was unreasonable usage. One of our users has taken it upon themselves to launch a new blog dubbed “stop the cap,” which takes aim at metered billing and caps (the blog’s “talking points” are worth a read). The new blog takes specific aim at Frontier’s suggestion that anything over 5GB per month is unreasonable consumption in the age of HD video.

The cost for watching an average 4GB high definition DVD quality movie over Frontier DSL is .20. One DVD will be all you get, because any more than that puts you over the limit. With a growing number of Americans using the Internet to access multimedia content online, exceeding 5GB of usage per month is easier than ever. Stop the Cap! challenges Frontier to make public their own study which sources have told us show up to 40% of their existing customers already exceed 20GB of usage per month using Frontier DSL.

Frontier still hasn’t responded to request for comment as to whether they’ll strictly enforce the cap and if not — why they try so hard to make the cap seem reasonable on their website. The Consumerist this afternoon also weighs in on the new Frontier caps.
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