Telstra capped its -unlimited" Freedom Plan in June this year to three gigabytes, when users were told they would be charged an additional usage fee of 18.9 cents per megabyte, effective October 1.
However, at the beginning of September - after an uproar within the broadband community -- Telstra postponed its decision to impose the additional charge, saying it was assessing customer feedback before it made a permanent decision.
Whilst a final decision has yet to be made it should be expected before the end of the year, according to Telstra spokeperson Stuart Gray, whose comments suggest the cap will stand whilst the additional usage charge will be altered.
"When it's all finalised we'll be informing customers what the additional charges will be," Gray said.
Telstra declined to comment further.
Inconsequential - wireless peer-to-peer broadband is emerging, eliminating the necessity for any ISPs and whatever limits they impose. There's over a terabit of bandwidth in the spectrum available to everyone at no cost. The days of the telco are numbered. Bring on the caps I say - they're digging their own graves this way.