I don't see why you'd come up with something that so misaligns the interests of everyone except Comcast :)
We don't need to be priced by the bandwidth, we just need better accessibility to metering. Something my mother could look at and say "huh, the toaster's sent 8gb of data today..."
It would consume more electricity, though let's assume by a marginal amount.
I suspect many people are uncomfortable holding a compromised device like that. The unpredictability of a toaster helping to take down Wikipedia is wild and potentially seen as a sign of chaos, especially for less technical users.
Who knows what else this crazy toaster will do next? Will it do the same thing again?
We don't need to be priced by the bandwidth, we just need better accessibility to metering. Something my mother could look at and say "huh, the toaster's sent 8gb of data today..."