Comments on: Time Warner Expands Metered Broadband Rollout

By: panchajanya

panchajanya — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:26:52 +0000

any idea how to reduce the bill or tepering with it????

By: Is Pay-Per-Use for Broadband Inevitable? : Tech News «

Is Pay-Per-Use for Broadband Inevitable? : Tech News « — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:00:36 +0000

[...] than triple (PDF). Recently, however, wire-line and wireless providers are circling back, either trialing or instituting tiered or pay-per-use pricing, and in the world of cloud computing, pay-per-use is [...]

By: Chopper tattoo

Chopper tattoo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:14:50 +0000

I’m pissed because I work from home. (hear me rant in my blog on my site). And ofcorse, they are the only game in town… So I’m going to be forced to go to business class just to get uncapped performance. So they just got like another $150/month out of me…

By: What to Expect From the New Net Neutrality Rules

What to Expect From the New Net Neutrality Rules — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:20:23 +0000

[...] traffic to run over networks, won’t affect some of the high-profile consumer issues such as metered broadband or handset exclusivity. So if this doesn’t mean the iPhone will be available on Verizon, or [...]

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kurtlar vadisi pusu — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:22:26 +0000

We need a viable model to be able to support the infrastructure of the broadband business,” Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt says in an interview thanks

By: ISPs Should Decide If They Provide a Utility or a Service

ISPs Should Decide If They Provide a Utility or a Service — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:02:24 +0000

[...] amount per month is a service, but once carriers started seeing usage go up, some of them moved to implement usage-based pricing plans that changed broadband into a metered utility. But consumers, who were being charged per gigabyte, [...]

By: NY Congressman Massa Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing

NY Congressman Massa Files Bill to Stop Tiered Broadband Pricing — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:59:58 +0000

[...] one of the two New York congressmen who spoke out strongly against efforts by Time Warner Cable to expand its tiered billing trials. Under its plan, announced March 31, residential customers in five cities would have paid a [...]

By: makeminegreen

makeminegreen — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:55:18 +0000

I’m also in Austin, working remotely, for a company that just declared it will stop reimbursing its telecommuters for broadband after this month. With tiered billing, both the big bump in online usage from my work activities and my VoIP usage (which is only for work) will surely mean an even higher amount that my employer will no longer reimburse.

Why is Internet use being considered for tiered billing but even if you watch only one cable channel, you have to pay the same price as if you watch them all? (Same anti-customer logic as when you order a hamburger, you’re charged to add cheese but not given a discount when you 86 the onions, lettuce, tomato and pickles.)

By: Network issues | linkfeedr

Network issues | linkfeedr — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:58:47 +0000

[...] (my network provider) trying and failing to correctly implement bandwidth measuring tools for their upcoming volume cap. (I keep getting passed a private [...]

By: Meter This! » Time Warner Expands Metered Broadband Rollout by Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:02:23 +0000

[...] [Excerpt from GigaOm Article here.] [...]

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:26 +0000

There’s a really simple solution to all of this… If you download terabytes of content per month, get a satellite feed installed and use that for the big downloads. Its fast, and as long as you don’t need a lot of latency (read this as online gaming, VOIP, etc.) then it will take care of all of the big downloads and as long as you keep it seperate from your regular download activities then you can direct it to handle the big stuff, and keep your local cable net connection for surfing Facebook or whatever other pointless things you do on it.

Now if you are not tech savvy to handle this sort of thing, or can’t afford another Internet connection, what the hell are you downloading terabytes of data per month for anyway?

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:41:04 +0000

You really think that is going to happen? Come on… People won’t just stop using a utility service like the Internet. If your local cable provider is your only option, and you don’t have DSL in your region, then this is all a lot of hot air and you can’t change a thing. Suck it up sister.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:38:36 +0000

… and what exactly are you going to do about it? Face it, cowboy. They got ya by the short & curlies.

By: Congressman: Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment

Congressman: Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:08:37 +0000

[...] consumers’ access to broadband. Massa, who represents an area near Rochester, N.Y., where Time Warner has expanded its metered billing trials, seems to agree with my assessment that the Internet is critical to both individuals and economic [...]

By: Network issues · DragonFly BSD Digest

Network issues · DragonFly BSD Digest — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:13:16 +0000

[...] (my network provider) trying and failing to correctly implement bandwidth measuring tools for their upcoming volume cap. (I keep getting passed a private IP.) Categories About This Site «Major libc [...]

By: TWC Defends Tiers, Plans Speed and Consumption-Based Plans

TWC Defends Tiers, Plans Speed and Consumption-Based Plans — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:49:19 +0000

[...] Higginbotham | Monday, April 6, 2009 | 5:49 PM PT | 0 comments When Time Warner Cable rolls out its new pricing plans, it won’t base its tiers simply on consumption, but will also consider broadband speed as [...]