Time Warner trial - charging based on bandwidth usage Options

[Spectatrix]

Time Warner sucks (so does Beaumont). I'll stick with my Grande Communications service. "8 Mbps" (really 12+, based on the speed tests I've taken) for $40/mo. Booya.

Now, one cable company is starting to push back at excessive bandwidth usage caused mainly by video downloading. After an internal memo was leaked, Time Warner Cable confirmed it's planning a trial in Beaumont, Tex., in which it will charge Internet subscribers based on usage.

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstock...ernet-fees.aspx

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Jan 18 2008, 04:08 PM

[kcroxyoursox]

So it's allocation for Internet? I'm down for that. Those who use more should pay more, just like electricity, water, and other public works.

But I think there should be a price cap or things could get sour quickly.

[pysex]

So it's allocation for Internet? I'm down for that. Those who use more should pay more, just like electricity, water, and other public works.

But I think there should be a price cap or things could get sour quickly.

no


allocation for internet is bad....

why? because it will lead to allocation for how much television you watch...

the internet isn't a limited resource...so why are we charging for usage....

if you don't use the internet that often and don't want to pay the 44+ dollars it takes for broadband then don't pipe that much crap to your computer....get netzero

and to say that someone who downloads a video is causing others to suffer is total fucking moronic profiteering bullshit

[kcroxyoursox]

if you don't use the internet that often and don't want to pay the 44+ dollars it takes for broadband then don't pipe that much crap to your computer....get netzero

I still want the same speed for those things that I do, though.

That would be like telling me to use my kitchen sink to bathe instead of my shower. Either way, I'm using the same amount of water. It's just coming out a hell of a lot slower...

[impala454]

That would be like telling me to use my kitchen sink to bathe instead of my shower. Either way, I'm using the same amount of water. It's just coming out a hell of a lot slower...

I don't think you realize, you wouldn't pay any less. Companies don't implement things like this so that the typical customer pays less because they use less. They just use it as an excuse to make those who use more pay more.

The truth here is, the "5Mbps" they say you're getting is BS. You don't have a true 5Mbps, because it's shared across multiple customers. If everyone called up their 5Mbps at once, it would bring these ISPs to their knees. Now they see people actually beginning to use their bandwidth, and they're afraid this is exactly what is going to happen, so they come out with the typical response, charge the customer more and hope they don't use it (kinda like oil is going). This is also reminiscent of New Yorks disgusting $8/day fee to use the roads or whatever that was.