Here’s something we can all determine upon: data caps have been a bummer, generally now which we’ve all got smartphones capable of gobbling literally gigabytes the day. Unfortunately, they seem to be the required evil in this crazy supply-versus-demand universe of capitalism we all call home, particularly in light of a spectrum break the FCC keeps notice us about. Or have been they? One good band-aid rarely explored by North American carriers is a judgment of bandwidth throttling, whereby you don’t have a hard cap which formula in overage — instead, you just get slapped with a reduce interpretation throughput if you blow past your share. That’s what regional value carrier Cricket is doing with the launch of the new data plans currently, offering buckets of 2.5, 5, as well as 7.5GB for $40, $50, or $60, respectively, at limit speed on the EV-DO network — though in addition, the quota is upon a rolling 30-day basis, that means you can potentially free up some of which bucket any as well as every day of a month (depending on your use patterns). If you surpass your top, you risk descending down to the reduce speed where you “may usually be able to do basic email and web browsing.” The downside is which this represents a $10 enlarge in the price of Cricket’s 5GB plan — and bandwidth throttling still isn’t fun, of course — but during slightest you can keep regulating your modem without the dread looming in a behind of your mind which you’re starting get the 20-page check during month’s end.