Internet economics 101: "bandwidth hogs" considered harmless

Of course it is. It’s exactly what most of us do when purchasing anything. Look for the cheapest good/service that has all the qualities we require. I’ve been outsourced 1 or 2 times (depending on how you look at it), and I suspect it will happen at least once more in my career. But it’s hard for me to get that outraged (upset, yes, outraged, no) over my employers doing exactly the same thing I do without feeling like a total hypocrite.