Meanwhile in Canada. . .

In Canada, as of right now, you're not allowed to view more than 25 GB worth of material on the internet. Not unless you're willing to pay an additional $2 per gigabyte.

You might not know it but ISPs in the United States have these usage caps also. Comcast, however has set the limit to a staggering ten times that of Canada's preset limit

"As of October 1, 2008, data usage above 250 Gigabytes ("GB") per month per Comcast High-Speed Internet residential customer account is considered excessive." -http://customer.comcast.com

So what's the big deal? Could American companies potentially levy the same charges? I certainly hope not. $2 per gigabyte is an outrageous fee. This picture puts it into a good perspective:

The website that is listed at the bottom of this picture is receiving so much traffic that when I attempted to visit it, I was redirected to an alternative address. The site explains that Stopthemeter.ca had anticipated heavy traffic. They are hosting a petition which can be signed in protest to the strict regulations on Canadian internet usage.

With the simultaneous occurrences underway in Egypt this might not receive much notice. But limiting a countries ability to use the greatest information tool available seems like it can only do harm to all parties involved.