Starting May 1st, Germany's biggest ISP (Telekom) will travel back in time and no longer offer free internet . Meaning you have a given amount of traffic each month and if you exceed it, you have to pay extra. Starting 2016, they claim they will even cut internet speed for everything but their own services (Telekom is also a media provider). The source expects that other ISPs will follow.
So why does Telekom do this you ask? Apparently internet with free traffic is no longer profitable for them. It's also a move against Youtube and Google. They want people to use their own media services. They call americans parasites who don't pay for internet, but only leech. The sad truth about it is that the german goverment would profit from increased internet costs, so they likely won't do anything about it.
Source (german)
So why does Telekom do this you ask? Apparently internet with free traffic is no longer profitable for them. It's also a move against Youtube and Google. They want people to use their own media services. They call americans parasites who don't pay for internet, but only leech. The sad truth about it is that the german goverment would profit from increased internet costs, so they likely won't do anything about it.
Source (german)