TWC will be expanding its test of bandwidth caps to more cities in the coming weeks. Beaumont, Texas was the testing ground for TWC and has decided that its 40 GB caps for internet usage worked so well that they would expand the trials to other cities. The new locations have not yet been announced but the unthinkably low 40GB cap may upset hundreds of thousands of users as streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube could easily put you over that barrier with moderate usage, especially if it were HD material.
Alley Insider points out that TWC is not targeting a specific group like Comcast did with its 250 GB monthly cap but is going after moderate users as well. This new cap may also point to a new revenue model where overages could be charged to users or force them to upgrade their service.
This new limitation has a much more tangible impact than Comcast's 250 GB cap which targeted only the heaviest of users. Think of this scenario, a typical family of four with a son who likes to game on Xbox Live, a daughter who chats with friends on a webcam and parents who stream Netflix movies on the weekends; they could easily blow the cap.
TWC will be walking on very thin ice when it implements these new caps to users. It may face a backlash of consumers who leave TWC behind when they get their first bill showing data overages.
Triniti Communications will blow TWC, Comcast, AT&T, DirecTV and all of the rest of those financial vampires out of the water. Their DSL is excellent and competitively priced and the VoIP phone service is the bomb. When their 1080p HD IPTV service and wireless phone service comes out this summer it will be a done deal. Nobody will be able to touch them. You can even make big money referring their services to others. triniticomm.com/myprods44320.
Oh wait.. many people can't drop Time Warner, because they hold a MONOPOLY in most neighborhoods. Even if you cancel their service, TWC still owns the infrastructure in your neighborhood, and forces out all other competition. Your only other option is to downgrade to a lower infrastructure, such as DSL, and pay the same money for less service. Not to mention your Cable TV bill will cost you more, because you aren't get a discount from using their internet service! FFS!!!
Looks like I'm ****ed as a consumer.
In australia the average cap is about 20 GB with ADSL 1....
think backa few months when 1 AUD= 95 cents US. then a 99.99$ so about 95US$ was getting you blistering 1.5 Mb ADSL1 with 20 gb limit.
Oh wait.. many people can't drop Time Warner, because they hold a MONOPOLY in most neighborhoods. Even if you cancel their service, TWC still owns the infrastructure in your neighborhood, and forces out all other competition.
That's exactly right. The FCC will ofcourse do nothing about it.
I'll cancel it if it's come here.i I can get FIOS here thank god.
Pathetic.
If we don't stop this NOW, the innovation of the modern Information Age will grind to a halt as products like Google Earth become bandwidth luxuries no one can afford.
Everyone cheers until they realize that they've just agreed to METERED usage, which is all TW and other providers want right now. They can finagle the fees/caps once they get us all to agree not to be "unlimited" anymore.
The Internet revolution DIES if metered usage comes into play.
I suggest everyone else call and get a complaint on your account regarding this before it happens... Maybe the person you talk to will know more.
I'd go to U-Verse now if it was available, although I'd do that bandwidth limit or not. I'm also guessing that Beaumont, TX doesn't have anything else available to them (again, middle of nowhere), which may factor into the corporate decision on where to roll this out at.
You might be able to justify a 250gig to 1tb monthly cap, but not 40gigs.
-Spenser
at least Comcast's 250GB cap is reasonable .... 40GB is a joke!
p.s. me personally, i usually do around 100GB (or more) per month on average (on neighbors wireless Comcast connection) .. currently im around 160GBish on the neighbors wireless with a router i have running DD-WRT firmware in 'client mode' but this month (around 160GB or so) i think i downloaded a little more than usual... but typically speaking i think i would do around 100-150GB a month (probably more though, but less than 200GB)... it's mainly the HD 'stuff' that adds up fast... just getting XviD i would probably be around 100GB or less.
Last edited by ThaCrip on 05 Feb 2009 - 22:24
To them it isn't personnell, just good business (or a good way of ****ing the customer)
*Porn Bandwidth on Time Warner drops 90%*
Or better technology. Why does it look like the horizon is going to have static technology being limited by bull**** like this? We're taking steps back now? Why not adopt faster networking infrastructure technology?
My advice to all TWC customers who are about to get it up the A, switch to another provider.
I got the 20/20 pack from Verizon. w00t.
I got the 20/20 pack from Verizon. w00t.
I think they realize that some people will still go over every now and again and do a rough enforcement of that policy. 800GB is just plain insane though. They were probably curious as to what they were doing.
Last edited by see-seA on 17 Feb 2009 - 10:45
Per month, exactly. Sucks hey.
Time to move a country
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