[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JFMFT:
Meh. No biggie, OP. Verizon employs my spouse and is responsible for 75% of my household income, yet I couldn't care less about how much data I use. I am grandfathered into my unlimited data plan (which I only pay $15/month for - hooray discounts for employees!) and I will use and abuse it however I wish. It's a bit selfish, but it serves Verizon right - they're among the most selfish companies in all of existence. But hey, it takes that to be the best. I will say - they are pretty good at what they do.

I am relatively conservative in my use of all resources in life, from gas in my car, energy for my home, etc. So what if the one thing I use a bit of excess of is 4G data from Verizon? Whenever I am in a 4G zone, I use all the data I want without batting an eye. 4G is going live in my hometown in about 2 weeks and as long as my 4G signal is strong and I get at least 10mbps downlink on average, I'm cancelling my $60/month internet and using 4G tethering exclusively. Oh, yes, I tether without paying for it. I'm also aware tethering costs me half of what it costs the average consumer given my 50% discount. Guess what? Not an issue for me, morally, socially, or otherwise.

Everything is relative. Use what you want/need and move on. If Verizon throttles you or bans you (lol yeah right - that would hurt their bottom line), I hope you have a Plan B. But above all, ignore the haters. High usage users are the scape goat, the people Verizon can get away with blaming for the change to a tiered system. But I know how this company works. I know their credo, I know their values, their drive to succeed. This is a company that (rightly so - their responsibility IS to their shareholders, not their customers) knows no boundaries when it comes to trimming the fat, cutting corners, and doing whatever it takes to turn the best profit possible. It is completely irrational to think that "high data usage from the top 5% of consumers" is to blame for the tiered system. Bandwidth is finite, yes, but it is plentiful currently and can be increased over time to meet demand, especially in the case of 4G LTE. Verizon wouldn't have bet their entire future on a technology that had anything other than some pretty crazy bandwidth limitations. Bandwidth isn't the issue for 4G (although for some 3G areas it is pretty bad, but only b/c 3G development has almost completely stopped in lieu of 4G network rollout - and it's really because of the i*hone more than anything). The entire reason for Verizon's tiered system for data is because they can. They know they can get away with it, so they do it. AT&T tested the waters and survived, and even made record profits doing so, so Verizon said "me too! but I'll do it better, charge more for less across more customers, and make more money!" And that's what they are doing.

So us root users? Well, we're smarter than the rest of the dummies out there who have no clue what root is or that they can pay for unlimited data and tether for free, or they can pay for capped tethering and "data overages".

Choose your battles. This isn't one I care about. I'm more concerned about the next Nexus coming to Verizon in 9-10 months than I am about my data usage.