I'm not a fan of bandwidth throttling even though my bandwidth is under 1mbps and I don't think any consumer would be happy if his/her bandwidth were being throttled. But the recent cable accident in Egypt would make a pretty strong case if an ISP in India were to throttle torrent traffic. If it gives businesses a little more breathing room why not do it? The ISPs can send emails to consumers informing them of the throttling being done and the reasons for it. It's not the end of the world if you don't get to watch your favorite TV show the same week it got aired in the US!