Mobile data use has increased tremendously recently as individuals are watching TV and videos, downloading music and movies, playing online multiplayer games, participating in video phone calls, and otherwise performing high-bandwidth activities using their smartphones and media tablets. This has created the issue of wireless carriers pontentially running out of bandwidth available for customers, resulting in outages or delays, In response, many wireless carriers have implemented data caps and have eliminated unlimited data plans(though many plans still have unlimited talk and texts). With a data cap customers either temporarily lose high-speed Internet access(such as being slowed down from 4G to 2G speeds-calls data throttling) or are charged an additional fee if the exceed their download limit(often 2 GB per moth).
One explanation for the increased data usage is speed-4G data speeds are significantly faster than 3G service and the results(such as faster Web pages and smoother streaming videos) make if easier for users to go through a large amount of bandwidth a relatively short period of time. One potential solution under consideration by wireless carriers is allowing content providers or app developers to pay carriers is allowing content providers or app developers to pay carriers so that their services don't count against a customer's