Although cloud computing is more convenient, it demands more bandwidth because data is streamed more often through networks. Many wireless providers such as Verizon and AT&T implement data caps to their data plans due to the high usage of bandwidth. Customers have a set limit in the amount of data they can upload or download and if they go over the limit, they would have to pay additional fees for more data usage. Just recently, AT&T imposed a data cap on all of its DSL home Internet users. They claim that it is to restrict the top five percent of users who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth and would actually help customers. However, customers are skeptical about the cap and are unhappy about it. The direction Internet service providers are going is completely opposite of the direction cloud computing is going. The data caps they impose hinder the progress of cloud computing. Internet service providers should instead improve their services for their customers. Cloud computing requires more bandwidth and the providers must widen the bandwidth, not restrict it by charging customers more. Time and time again, we see these companies continually take customers' money without much improvement on services and in some cases, even a decrease in services.
