Just to give you some international perspective, and to clearly demonstrate that there is no reason or justification for the horrendous data fees that at the very least English speaking world is subjected to - there may be others, but I cannot speak/read their languages.

I am in Taiwan, the most I can EVER pay per month on my permanent 3.5G connection is the equivalent of USD 28/month. There are no limits, no cap, no "fair use policy" nonsense, nothing. EDIT: there are also no arbitrary or artificial usage limits or conditions either. I can tether and use Skype out on my connection. It is fully featured.

There is zero justification for exploiting market oligopolies by the telecom companies and setting extremely high charges to data usage (wired or wireless) - the only reason is profit.

There are no magic or hardware based bandwidth usage limits. Bandwidth is what it is and the demand for bandwidth will always increase. Available bandwidth is at all times less than demand for it, so "shaping" it at the provider level, or setting "fair use" policies is either a) wrong, b) exploitation of the helpless. In either way you should all complain to the telecom regulator and get rid of that nonsense. You should also complain about the high charges.

If there is no viable, widely available lower priced alternative in your country, you also have a good case for your country's business regulatory body starting an oligopoly investigation which should bear fruit if it is actually done fairly and openly.

V.