I guess it comes down to how one consider "metered".
Seems the various carriers and ISPs have discovered that they earn more by offering package deals, because the customer is likely to overshoot on the package to avoid the overcharge fees.
But in many places net access was/is metered, by virtue of it being done over the metered phone network. For me the biggest deal with DSL and later was that the metering of dial-up went away (tho at least one ISP tried to introduce a stair step payment system).
Seems the various carriers and ISPs have discovered that they earn more by offering package deals, because the customer is likely to overshoot on the package to avoid the overcharge fees.
But in many places net access was/is metered, by virtue of it being done over the metered phone network. For me the biggest deal with DSL and later was that the metering of dial-up went away (tho at least one ISP tried to introduce a stair step payment system).