It’s nice that Time Warner is offering a lesser priced Internet service, but isn’t that what RoadRunner Lite already does? And 1 Gb total download for this lesser level… I’m sorry, but it should be at least 2 Gb… “Our usage data show that about 30% of our customers use less than 1 GB per […]
Bowing to Pressure, Time Warner Alters Broadband Caps | Epicenter from Wired.com: “To accommodate lighter Internet users and those who need a lower priced option, we are introducing a 1 GB per month tier offering speeds of 768 KB/128 KB for $15 per month. Overage charges will be $2 per GB per month. Our usage […]
Hack the Planet:: “Wired: Time Warner Cable Earnings Refute Bandwidth Cap Economics,” In short, Time Warner Cable is not showing a loss, so how can they be charging too little for Internet services?
The price-gouging premiums of Time Warner Cable’s data caps: Time Warner Cable, stung by online criticism of its paltry traffic caps (in tests, these have ranged form 5GB/month to 40GB/month) and ludicrous pricing schemes, has taken to the ‘Net to defend its sullied honor. But it’s hard to defend a scheme with fees so high […]
Design Police Bringing bad design to justice…
You remember the movie, right? Â “Ryan, some things in here don’t react well to bullets.” “Yeah, like me. IÂ don’t react well to bullets” Â (The Hunt for Red October) Well, I quoted the first line to my wife earlier today, and she said something that just made me pause for a moment.. Â “What does react […]
Funny… Â But understandable, since Frontier doesn’t seem to be enforcing these limits, but no one has yet reported that Frontier.Net’s standard Acceptable use policy is even more restrictive.. Â But, of course, if it is never enforced does it matter? Â Only if they can start enforcing it, without changing the contract. Â Customers must comply with […]
Just for your information Gentlemen…. If the Bandwidth Cap is implemented in the Rochester, Ny area, especially at the rediciously low levels that have been outlined in the press, I will be switching away from Time Warner… I have been a member of TimeWarner since the early 90’s, when the Cable Modem program was started, […]