Re: Time Warner setting up to gouge all their internet customers
- From: Thumper <jaylsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:32:53 -0500
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:09:50 -0500, Peter A <paitken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In article <G6SdnZz5XfolHQ7anZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
dockscience@xxxxxxxxx says...
"Rob" <rob@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
Time Warner said on Wednesday that it was going to start testing a new rate
plan in Beaumont that would limit the amount of bandwidth each customer
can
use each month before additional fees kick in. Alexander Dudley, a Time
Warner spokesman, said that the exact terms had not been set, but that
packages would probably offer between 5 gigabytes and 40 gigabytes a
month.
Mr. Dudley disputed this view. "This is not targeted at people who
download movies from Apple," he said. "This is aimed at people who use
peer-to-peer networks and download terabytes."
An obvious LIE since the charges begin at 5 GB.
But then, he does work for Time-Warner.
I think it's a legitimate charge, as long as internet connections are
limited in bandwidth. I use Time-Warner, and the speed of my connection
is affected by what others on the same section of the network are doing.
If some zit-picker next door is downloading gigabytes of movies or
music, my ability to use the Internet is compromised - yet that person
pays no more than I do. How is that fair?
The same happens if 5 people are downloading 1/5 of the guy ne=xt
door. This isn't about bandwidth. It's about making more money.
Thumper
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