How Bandwidth Caps Hurt Your Mac and What Apple Can Do About It
Apple, June 29, 2009
By Dave Greenbaum
With "standard" broadband service capped at a mere 3GB bandwidth per month in cities like Lawrence, Kan., simple downloads from iTunes, software updates and backup services like MobileMe can render a customers' Internet connection useless for a month. Apple should be leading the charge against bandwidth caps and support the Broadband Internet Fairness Act.
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