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By: FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News «

FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News « — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:03:06 +0000

[...] the door to metered pricing plans on wireline broadband networks such as those attempted in 2008 by Time Warner Cable and AT&T. In a speech this morning outlining his network neutrality proposal, Julius [...]

By: Yeah, I’d Like Metered Broadband, Too — If It Were Actually Metered

Yeah, I’d Like Metered Broadband, Too — If It Were Actually Metered — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:21 +0000

[...] when ISPs talk about meters they’re talking about different service tiers that don’t reflect actual usage, but herd customers into set plans where most will be paying [...]

By: anon

anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:39:54 +0000

You will now have to pay extra for:
* Banner ads being forced on you
* People putting mp3 and wav backgrounds music on their pages (myspace, facebook, etc…)
* Large resolution images (which may be uploaded at a higher resolution then necessary by an inexperienced developer)
* Windows updates & Software updates in general (FireFox, Safari, Opera, Flash, Java, Acrobat, etc…)
* Antivirus updates
* Netflix
* Television episodes posted by their respective networks
* YouTube
* Email Attachments
* Comet chat clients (requiring high bandwidth to maintain connection)
* Online games
* iTunes & Amazon downloads
* File transfers between office/home/school (Access to online school library resources)
* Remote desktop bandwidth
* Unwanted traffic (port scans, automated exploits, DoS)
* Internet radio

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:54:16 +0000

Tim, I do run my own business, and understand your point. Profitability is a good thing. If the business model is broken, it needs to change. Will consumers accept it, is the question?

Let’s view this from the consumer’s side for a minute. Just one example…let’s say I’m a cable subscriber, and use their internet service. Oh, and they’ve just instituted a tiered usage plan with overage fees. And I download HD movies, or watch my favorite TV programs online. In the example of an HD movie, that could cost me about $30 (see (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/time-warner-download-too-much-and-you-might-pay-30-a-movie/). Who’s going to pay that? (more than once) Anybody?

I agree with the referenced article…I think these folks are trying to get in front of the growing demand for downloaded video. What would cable companies do if we could download all of our video (TV) content from the internet?

And if “extremely high users” are the villains here, why not punish them via published policies? In the TW case, I think more people will bump against that 40Gb download than you might think at first. And more will going forward with on-demand video….which is *exactly* what I’m sure TW is counting on.

By: christi

christi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:28:43 +0000

Tim….are you crazy! I think you are. Listen ,in this time and day, more and more people are able to create competition. Very few people are going to put up with this bullying by Time Warner Cable, and they will go to another competition when they find one. Do you really think that most of us are going to put up with that? You must be out of touch with all of the smart chaps now jumping at the chance of inventing competition to Time Warner. Technology is so advanced now,and large corporations are so mistrusted by the public, that someone is going to create a competition that is going to make them a lot of money and basically let Time Warner know that they can not win on this one. Yahoo.com thought that they were the only top dog until Google came around….Myspace thought they were head honcho until Facebook, and so on…. We live in a society where if you can’t please the customer, and they see you as ripping them off, there is always another group of people waiting to take your spot and invent the next big thing….so Time Warner cable is not different….there will be a replacement to go along with what we currently have. Get with it, you obviously not on the up and up with current technology advances.

By: Time Warner Cable Expanding Metered Broadband to Austin and San Antonio

Time Warner Cable Expanding Metered Broadband to Austin and San Antonio — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:15:48 +0000

[...] March 31, 2009 | 10:15 PM PT | 0 comments It was only a matter of time before Time Warner Cable expanded its efforts to bring tiered broadband out of the tiny town of Beaumont, Texas. According to BusinessWeek, Time Warner is expanding its trials to San Antonio, Austin, Texas and [...]

By: BIT RATE » Blog Archive » Is Time Warner Cable Completely Insane?!?

BIT RATE » Blog Archive » Is Time Warner Cable Completely Insane?!? — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:40:45 +0000

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By: Time Warner Results: Cable Demand Takes a Hit

Time Warner Results: Cable Demand Takes a Hit — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:30:48 +0000

[...] On the conference call, COO Landel Hobbs said Time Warner Cable also plans to expand its metered broadband to more cities this year. I’ve emailed the company get more details, such as the specific [...]

By: Cable Markets in New York City Declared Competitive - GigaOM

Cable Markets in New York City Declared Competitive - GigaOM — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:11:13 +0000

[...] real competition. Although, I may be too cynical, as I bet that TWC will find it hard to implement tiered bandwidth when going head-to-head for broadband and cable subscribers with Verizon, which has shown no [...]

By: AT&T Trials Tiered Broadband in Nevada - GigaOM

AT&T Trials Tiered Broadband in Nevada - GigaOM — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:32:11 +0000

[...] Time Warner’s caps start at 5 GB per month and stop at 40 GB per month. Frontier’s also start at 5 GB per month, and last week Frontier’s CEO said the company would also offer larger tiers. The filing states that AT&T will also offer customers a meter to show consumers how much bandwidth they have consumed, which is more than Comcast (with its 250 GB cap) or even Time Warner have offered. AT&T also plans to notify customers when they reach the 80 percent threshold of their tiered plan. Only after the second instance of breaking through the set cap, will customers be charged on a per gigabyte basis. [...]