Time Warner is going to start charging for overusing your internetz. What would this do to the online community? What would this do to people who game constantly throughout the evenings? Looks like Verizon is going to be getting a surge in Fios users. Guess I better go back to watching cable while its on instead of downloading it later
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*You will be charged $1 for each gig over 5gb(depending on service type)
*For people who can only receive Time Warner it would be a monopoly
*Multi-Level service
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Why dont they just install bigger tubes?
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*You will be charged $1 for each gig over 5gb(depending on service type)
*For people who can only receive Time Warner it would be a monopoly
*Multi-Level service
Story
An announcement from Time Warner Cable has stated that they are planning to charge consumers $1 for each gigabyte of content over their allotment. This testing on metered Internet access will start in Beaumont, Texas. Time Warner Cable is a cable operator in the U.S. dealing with the development and launches of innovative video, data and voice services. The company also delivers advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, digital video recorders, enhanced TV features, high-speed data, and Digital Phone. The move has immediately drawn criticisms as it is seen as an abuse of regional monopoly. However, Time Warner Cable has maintained that this type of charging would actually help a majority of users since this would discourage the problem of 5 percent of customers using half of the capacity on local cable lines.
In an interview to AP Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable’s executive vice president of advanced technology, said, “We think it’s the fairest way to finance the needed investment in the infrastructure.” Reuters meanwhile reported that Time Warner Cable has new designs to provide multiple levels of service that would start at $29.95 per month for speeds of 768 Kbps, with a limit on downloads of 5 GB. This limit would amount to more than 340,000 e-mails, 170 hours of online games or downloading more than 1,300 songs. At the high end, customers could pay $54.90 a month for download speeds of 15 Mbps and a limit of 40 GB, which amounts to 124 hours of standard-definition videos or downloading over 11,000 songs.
Why dont they just install bigger tubes?
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