Thing is it's not just
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non-computer/internet literate generation' are actually using a few GB here and there
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It's a lot more than that, and more than here and there, as they are spending hours streaming high def material every day, downlaoders don't always sit there constantly downloading huge amounts !
Take me for example, i wouild be classed as a heavy downloader by some, however, i downloaded nothing today, and when i do download, it is usually done and dusted in 2 hours, max 3 ... and that is at the crippled speeds, whereas mr jones next door might stream one full movie and 2 tv shows at full speed ... wonder who's used more bandwidth there ?
And yes, i will agree with you, there will be a small percentage (although i suspect it is smaller than people think) that are grabbing the BluRay stuff, the rest of us know it's not worth downloading stuff that size that much.
But, at crippled speeds they are going to be downloading less per hour than streaming media family, just now with the speed restrictions targeting users specifically (like they promised not to !) said download whore is now going to be downloading longer, perpetuating said problem !
The overall increase in non-computer related traffic as you put it has risen tenfold (and that's a conservative guestimate) compared to those that you could categorise as download whores
But it doesnt give them the right to assume that anyone using said type of programs are immediately bad, some of us just want the dam speed we paid for, without some corporate a*shat saying "oh that's bad can't have you using that"