Just a quick note. I'm a Verizon customer (with an Incredible, shout to our EVO cousins). Verizon has not yet implemented tiered data pricing, but it is looming (from what I understand it will start when LTE rolls out later this year). So far I have not come anywhere near 5gb so I doubt it'll be a problem for me, unless they (VZW & Sprint) follow AT&T's model of a 2Gb cap. I can see them losing unlimited when some people have said they are using upwards of 10Gb, but why couldn't they use 5Gb (which is the cap for tethering) as the limit? I suppose so (like AT&T is doing) they can charge a butt load for every additional Gb used.
Cell companies are starting to look like the drug dealers of the new millenium. "Look what all these smartphones can do! You'll never be able to go back to a dumbphone again! Everyone addicted now? Great! Ok, no more unlimited data. Now we're going to charge by the Gb/Mb/Kb."
What's next? Will the Prez have to appoint a Data Czar?