#2 2009-04-01 18:28:48
This will fail. In all but the smallest markets, consumers have or would soon have the option to change their Internet provider.
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#3 2009-04-02 05:04:22
I have Cox (yes, I know how utterly ghey that sounds). They've obviously been bandwidth throttling despite upcharging for what they say] should be 5 meg downstream speeds. Haven't seen it once yet. The only difference between ISPs is there are ones who announce they plan to screw their markets. However, as Fnord says, it will be a monumental fail. If they're going to base rates on the average consumer household, then they can't stipulate that each home has two rowdy teenagers downloading hundreds of porn flicks and MP3s each month. Most users are far more modest.
On the bright side, if you're actually some ancient codge who only visits three sites, never downloads anything, and thinks flash heavy pages take too long to load, then your rate is going to rock. I expect you should pay only a dollar. The fucking Internet should be free.
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#4 2009-04-02 12:02:53
Well, this sucks. I'm in the Dallas market so I won't be one of their initial guinea pigs but I won't be surprised if they start doing this in my market soon. I've been through four different cable providers since moving here 11 years ago and Time Warner has been the least odious. They even lowered my rate (Comcast was the previous provider and they charged more than anyone else). The only thing that has kept me as a customer is the fact that we also get cable TV at no extra cost (something they don't bother to advertise).
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#5 2009-04-02 12:14:25
fnord wrote:
This will fail. In all but the smallest markets, consumers have or would soon have the option to change their Internet provider.
If you noticed both AT&T and TWC are trying it out. I'm going to look at FIOS but I can't imagine that Veryzone would be far behind them.
This would destroy NetFlicks & YouTube.
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