I've often wondered if some metered cable internet companies see 4k bandwidth increases coming and are planning on the overages.

I used to have one metered internet provider whose network crumbled when kids would be out of school and use would go up. I wonder if they mismanaged their finances or something to get into this state.

Sadly, more efficient codecs aren't going to decrease bandwidth enough.

I noticed that Xfinity, when you use a rented modem from them, will remove the cap for a small extra fee.