Originally Posted by Raistlin

The only problem with dropping to a lower tiered package is that you get a lower band width allowance, I've heard that many people are taking extreme steps to curtail their usage so that they don't go over the monthly limit.

In some cases people have been known to turn off all images in their browsers, only download video clips on odd days, I've even heard of some extreme examples of people who have stopped using punctuation in their emails and other communications - all to save on a few precious bytes.