As soon as cable companies offer to give up their exclusive cable franchise rights then they can implement ‘metered broadband’.

Until then….. the cable companies, their paid lobbiest shrills, and anyone trying to throw FUD into the mix can go back to their desks in hell and work out a new busienss model.

Cable companies have gotten fat and lazy on these exclusives.

If they want to throw competition into the mix…then they are welcome to. Until then – hands off.

(doesn’t look so attractive now does it Time Warner)

Cheers,
Dean Collins.
http://www.Cognation.net

Cable companies need to create a lower tier of service: the sub $20 pricepoint. Putting limits on DL speeds on that tier are largely ineffective. 768/k DL speeds are enough for 90% of broadband use — video streaming won’t work but everything else will. If they offer $15 at 768/DL thousands of existing subs will move over to that to save money. I know — I’m on a 24.99 comcast plan that says it is slower but I’ve never noticed a difference. So a DL cap might be able to create that price tier, but make it annoying enough that an existing sub won’t move over — on or two movies downloaded would kill it.

Time Warner Cable, after bearing the hatred of the digerati, its customers and even the financial community for its attempts to meter broadband use , has released more information about its pricing plans. It also offered a teaser assuring the world th…