Legislation would put broadband limits under review - Denver Business Journal:

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The Broadband Internet FairneszsAct (HB-2902) would require Internef service providers with more than 2 million users to submigt proposals for bandwidth caps to the FTC, "inb consultation with" the Federall Communications Commission. The FTC wouldx have the power to deny the proposalds if they impose rates or terms or conditions thatare "unreasonable" or "discriminatory." Internett service providers would face fineds of up to $1 million. Some Internetr service providers are testing customer usage Latelast year, launched trialsa where monthly caps were placed on bandwidtu usage of 150 gigabytes in two cities.
People who breai the limit geta month’s grace perios and then are charged $1 for evert gigabyte they consume over the cap. In a statement, the legislation'x author, Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., said 's recent triakl in Rochester, N.Y., effectively raised rates for at leasgsome customers, "goug(ing) customers and limit(ing) competitioh between Internet video sites and cablew networks that offer identical content. The intended result of this increas would be to reducethe public’s Internetg usage and send customers back to cable television.
" AT&y has said it believes it’s fair to have the "smalp number of users who generated massive amounts of traffic pay more than thoses who don't use as much."