Comments on: Time Warner Cable Says It Singled Out Austin's Geeks

By: Sheryl Zettner

Sheryl Zettner — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:52:48 +0000

Is this why I am being asked to pay a dollar extra per month for a bunch of supposed services that don’t even apply to my account? So I can get crappier service? If so, I want to opt out.

My apartment only seems to take cable internet from Time Warner, which has always pissed me off that they are allowed to have a monopoly on services I purchase. If the apartment were paying for the service, then that would be one thing, but the contracts are with me, so why should they be able to cut deals with my apartment to prevent other companies from having agreements with me. So now I get to pay more for nothing more. No improvements to service, nothing, so that cable TV people don’t have to pay for their services. Cost shifting should be illegal.

It’s regressive in nature. The poorer you are, the more you pay. People have apartments rather than houses because they are not as rich. They don’t have cable TV because they are not as rich, so we get to subsidize everyone else and have no choices of who we do business with.

I may go down to the Technology and Telecommunications Commission and talk to them about this. It really makes me mad.

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By: Roz

Roz — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:20:52 +0000

I run a small multimedia studio, lots of video, lots of music files and lots of uploading/downloading all the time. TWC was put on notification before that I will leave with no hesitation. Only problem is AT&T and its crappy DSL is no real option. Perhaps Dish Network? Regardless, I wont be ripped off by this for 1 minute. I wont pay $100 a month for broadband service! Thats highway robbery.

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By: Time Warner Cable Adds Tier-Friendly Terms to its Contracts

Time Warner Cable Adds Tier-Friendly Terms to its Contracts — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:23:58 +0000

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By: We Need an FCC Chief and We Need Him Now

We Need an FCC Chief and We Need Him Now — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:01:47 +0000

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By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:02:37 +0000

Really? Better performance? I bet they’ll notice even much better performance when Time Warner (or any company that follows suit) stops overselling their services (at least how it’s currently done). This is not a phone service, and certainly not cable TV with which it may work near infinitely. Broadband internet is advertised as always on. Last time I saw limits on bandwidth use was in the early-mid 1990s, and it was in a “third world” country.

The less savvy consumers (over 99% as you say) subsidize the service? Well, whose fault is it? Why is Time Warner relying on their unused bandwidth to provide the “geeks” with the advertised service? In fact, will Time Warner rebate them for the unused bandwidth if they implement metering? They’re just adding insult to injury by metering broadband. I’m sure the “geeks” won’t put up with such practices.