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- Armor1901, on 04/02/2009, -1/+140I'm in Rochester, and I rely on my Internet connection for E V E R Y T H I N G. We don't get cable TV, so 100% of our digital entertainment is through the computer in one form or another. We download TV, movies, and music CONSTANTLY - I have my shows I watch, the wife has hers, the kids of theirs (and then I stream them to my TV). Not only that, even our phone needs the Internet, since we use Vonage (VoIP). We're *****. The best part is, there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING else available as an alternative. They are the ONLY ISP in the area. *****, I bet we go through 40 gigs in a week! And we are legitimate users, no pirating!
- Jeremyz0r, on 04/02/2009, -4/+133But, I already pay you $75 a month through Road Runner for 'high speed' internet. WHO THE ***** IS THIS A HIT WITH? THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES?!
***** Texas. - Leo21k, on 04/02/2009, -0/+104I'd burn through 5gb in a week just from watching movies on Netflix.
- solefald, on 04/02/2009, -0/+75this is going to suck ass if they roll it out nationwide...
- jedisushi, on 04/02/2009, -2/+74TWC and every other company pulling this racket can eat all the dicks.
- Hyperion1144, on 04/02/2009, -0/+68I burned through 5 GB+ yesterday...
- Jynx97, on 04/02/2009, -0/+67Didn't we already pay for their monopoly on cable to the pole infrastructure?
- kyle5000, on 04/02/2009, -0/+58I live in Greensboro. I have Time Warner. Looks like I'm in the hunt for a new isp.
- nicepants, on 04/02/2009, -0/+52That's like charging people extra for cable because they watch too much tv. "Sorry...you're 'capped' at 20 hours"
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 04/02/2009, -1/+46Yeah, we can all have superfast internet speeds...and run out in two hours of use per month. Nice. /s
- sHockz, on 04/02/2009, -1/+46***** YOU TIME WARNER. SUCK MY GIANT DONKEY BALLZ
I believe you heard me say that to you once already, when I dumped you last year for FIOS.
5gb bandwidth caps? LOOOOOL. ***** losers - TdiFFRob6876, on 04/02/2009, -4/+43As a community that utilizes the internet for many reasons we have a responsibility to stand our ground and show our ISP's who's Boss. I propose we tarnish the image of the ISP's, why are they charging us more for the same use? Like the economy is getting any better.
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http://digg.com/tech_news/Time_Warner_to_expand_TI ... - newsound6, on 04/02/2009, -1/+39Its because Timewarner has lost lots of $$$ in advertising revenue by all of us watching out shows on Hulu instead of on your cable box.
The CEO claimed that we've been receiving bandwith for free until now! BS I've been paying $60 a month for it, not to mention what came out of my taxes for them to build their infrastructure in the first place.
*****. This spins my free market philosophies around quite a bit. I want to nationalize my isp..........No, Localize it. *****. Anyone have a bunch of fiber they can lay into my house and office? - quentinp, on 04/02/2009, -0/+38Hey congradulations to Time Warner for offering a worse service than one we can get in Canada! I didn't think it was possible, but hey you guys pulled it off!
- chkdg8, on 04/02/2009, -0/+37***** THE RIA......TIME WARNER!
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 04/02/2009, -2/+38I told you this was a backdoor road into metered access. They want to move everyone and everything onto the Internet and then charge you per GB once they've got you. I'm paying a premium for 15/2 access on TW and if they cap me at all, I'm moving to a new place with FIOS. I don't use 4TB a month, but I do use a HELL of a lot more than 5 gb a month.
- Askee, on 04/02/2009, -1/+33I've gone though about 20GB in ONE DAY. Time Warner needs to eat all the dicks.
- davidjunit, on 04/02/2009, -0/+295GBs couldn't even stream a decently-encoded HD movie. That's the kind of package your grandma would use to just look at the internet and do e-mail.
- TheUngod, on 04/02/2009, -0/+28Give me one hour and a list of porn
- Greedfeed, on 04/02/2009, -0/+28I'm from Rochester too and I'm seriously freaking out over all this. It's such a big thing to me since I'm a web developer and do tons of work from home.
- draxenato, on 04/02/2009, -0/+27They're obviously screwing their customers for every last penny, this only makes sense from the business POV, sod the users.
My former ISP in the UK spent a year trying to force all of us still on unmetered tariffs to switch to their higher speed, but capped, options. I was on a 2mbps line that they arbitrarily capped at 100GB per month, a limit I bumped into a few times. I contacted them and told them that under UK law this meant they were renegotiating the terms of the contract, something that can only happen when both parties agree. Their response was (literally) screw you, sue us, we have more money and more lawyers. So Zen Internet lost my £32 per month for 2mbps, now Be* have £18 per month for 19mbps (theoretically 24mbps) and a truly unmetered service.
The moral of this story is vote with your feet people. - Zippo, on 04/02/2009, -0/+26Caps are just a scam to make money... and the extra benefit - they don't have to bother upgrading their systems to keep up with rising demands.
They're all making healthy profits. I say shut up and use that profit to laydown new, better lines. There, problem solved. North America is way behind Europe and Asia when it comes to broadband. Caps are stunting growth. - AgeofMastery, on 04/02/2009, -0/+25My options would be Verizon DSL or if they get a bit farther up my street FIOS. I'll take DSL over cable capped at 5GB a month.
- shadus, on 04/02/2009, -0/+24They're doing this because they're terrified of losing business to streaming online media, end of story. This is nothing about internet infrastructure cost and a whole lot more about protecting their cable revenue.
They roll this here and they'll loose a customer since they've had since they piloted cable internet in my area (we were first nationwide pilot [NEO]). I pay for turbo just to get the extra little bit of upload speed to keep things working smoothly, I won't pay for anything if they start metering my 75$/mo internet package. - newsound6, on 04/02/2009, -0/+24Please, PLEASE find my the competing company in my area.
Oh that's right. There isn't one. - LilRabbitFooFoo, on 04/02/2009, -0/+23Dump them and move to DSL or FIOS. Time Warner needs to lose business en masse for this.
- UselessTrivia, on 04/02/2009, -0/+21Treating bandwidth like electricity is just ***** stupid, it's not a commodity it's capacity driven. It should be treated like sewer systems. The infrastructure is what you're paying for, and it costs a finite amount to provide and maintain it. If it has to be upgraded the price to everyone goes up regardless of who poops the most.
In my opinion the infrastructure should be municipal, not private. It should be a part of my tax levy just like my sewage system. Once it's paid off I stop paying for the infrastructure and I only pay for the maintenance. If it needs upgrades they hike the levy again or do a bond issue.
ISPS should be privately operated, and private developers should place the infrastructure, but it should be community owned. - JoeF8577, on 04/02/2009, -0/+19I want heads on sticks man...
***** heads on ***** sticks.... - TheG2, on 04/02/2009, -0/+19We're organizing a grassroots effort to fight this here in Rochester
http://www.stoptwc.info
Add us on Twitter, and send some letters into the AG citing anti-competitive practices against Hulu, Netflix, iTunes etc. - shadus, on 04/02/2009, -0/+18Which is exactly why they're doing this, they don't want you to watch streaming netflix, they want you to watch PPV.
This is all about a content streaming and nothing about infrastructure costs. They're afraid of losing their market. - inactive, on 04/02/2009, -0/+18Same here: $130+/mo for digital cable, two boxes, phone and broadband and I don't even get enough bandwidth to watch Hulu in high def. Now they want to restrict how much overall data I can suck through this puny little pipe? ***** you Time Warner, you're getting replaced.
- Adam420, on 04/02/2009, -3/+20If they do this, I would switch, oh wait there is no other broadband services here besides DSL...
- ccheath, on 04/02/2009, -0/+16"The moral of this story is vote with your feet people."
IF you can - hulkamaniaz, on 04/02/2009, -0/+15This is what internet is like in Canada....freaking cap system....Thing is, if you go over, they charge you like crazy.
Fight the system! - gizram84, on 05/30/2009, -0/+14dude, you have used that comment on like 6 different articles... it's not funny
- swordedge, on 04/02/2009, -0/+14like the article said.... you are supposed to pay TWC for all your entertainment... not use Hulu, not download movies through netflix.... pay TWC for all your entertainment.
This is the sole reason for the caps... to FORCE you to pay TWC instead of get it free over the internet. - Tomboys, on 04/02/2009, -0/+14This seems kind of stupid. I mean they make TV shows and movies. People pay to download them. If they are hit with a cap people may download fewer and fewer shows etc. Maybe TW just wants to rule the world.
- inactive, on 04/02/2009, -0/+14Moral of the story is that it's time to take away time/warners monopoly.
- ebrowne116, on 04/02/2009, -0/+13This is stupid why would the give me 22mb/s down and then tell me i can only use a few gb per month. If the do this in my area I'm gone.
- Valyn, on 04/02/2009, -1/+14People just dont ***** get it. If this ***** catches on, it will become the standard. It will be near to impossible to change back. What happens when your 100mb a day connection finally discovers hulu, or any kind of streaming for that matter? Want to switch to VoIP? Thats more bandwidth.
We as a country are already SERIOUSLY behind in speeds, but that won't matter anymore because we can't download more than a SINGLE MOVIE in 30 days! - adderx99, on 04/02/2009, -0/+13at&t is testing this in reno...
http://gizmodo.com/5075831/att-monthly-bandwidth-c ... - holyskeleton, on 04/02/2009, -0/+12you know it's time to move when...
- inactive, on 04/02/2009, -2/+14This is not capitalism.
This is the bastard child of a government sanctioned monopoly. Some ***** decided that this service is a utility vs a consumer product. - inactive, on 04/02/2009, -1/+12Everyone with Time Warner service, do NOT hesistate, file compalints with the NYS attorney general and federal trade commission for fraud and deceptive business practices. You people have CONTRACTS for unlimited use, this is FRAUD! Send this to everyone you know! Make your voices heard and show those greedy scumbag managers you will NOT take it!! Links below:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/bureaus/consumer_frauds ...
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.a ... - mickeylaspalmas, on 04/02/2009, -1/+12i'm concerned about your "giant donkey ballz".
- GDLaws, on 04/02/2009, -0/+11Contact your Senators. They may not regulate it, but at least they may be able to apply pressure.
The government is responsible for the current state of the industry (Unregulated Monopoly well Subsidized by tax dollars) we should ask them to be accountable for it. - BlackJackJester, on 04/02/2009, -0/+10Most of the time I don't watch a lot of TV. They don't charge me less because if I wanted to I could watch it all day.
The cost of routing 1000000GB vs 1GB is maybe a couple dollars worth of electricity, so metered access is a horrible horrible idea that is a giant step backwards towards information freedom. - matt.rubin, on 04/02/2009, -1/+11***** you time warner.
I am switching to Cox.
I did just download 30gb of ***** last night :) - SirFragsMore, on 04/02/2009, -1/+11You are lucky, there are no other ISPs here =(
- weatherlsp, on 04/02/2009, -0/+10Cable was never part of the free market. The reason power companies, gas companies, and formerly cable companies, used to be regulated by the government was because they pretty much had to be a monopoly for physical reasons. Through, what I'm sure was, massive amounts of lobbying the cable companies became deregulated and this is what we get. There is still only one option for cable TV/internet but they get to be an unregulated monopoly.
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