Broadband buffet: Last call for consumers? - BusinessWeek

Get ready for the next generation of fiber coming to the home, delivering 10 Gbps downlink and 2.5 Gbps uplink, shared among 32 locations. Verizon will announce next year that its labs have achieved a huge improvement over the 2.5 Gbps down and 1.2 Gbps up that the company is currently deploying.

But get ready to dig deeper into your wallet, too. Even if demand for broadband isn't breaking the Internet, it's surely forcing ISPs to rethink how they charge for such a valuable service—even Verizon...