Broadband... is it Really?

These internet service providers come to your door with a big smile and offer you broadband...hooray its finally here!!! ...aah think of all those songs/movies that I can stream online... mmmm.
Well, hang on and read the small print. Somewhere at the bottom there is this line, "80 paise per MB downloaded". What the .... {{{{whaam}}}} ... I just fell from my cloud there.

I dont get it. Why do they say broadband and assign download limits? Who wants to check emails at 512 kbps? I want broadband for downloading stuff. With the 1 GB limit so graciously given once I download Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server I will need to go to my good old MTNL dialup for browsing. Then wait till next month for that new movie that I wanted to stream. The internet consumers here just put up with it all eh... aah well, just to be connected.

Im waiting for unlimited bandwidth @ 1mbps (VDSL/cable) whichever comes first, at a price that wont have me giving up a few meals a week.
Till then...