TWC – Time Warner Ends Cap ‘n Tier “Trial” in Beaumont Texas
[from Stop the Cap - has pic of notice from TWC]
Time Warner Cable has quietly ended its “experiment” of their “consumption based billing” scheme in the first city to test it, and the last to be rid of it — Beaumont, Texas.
Time Warner Cable’s website for the Golden Triangle division, serving Beaumont, dispensed with the tier selection menu which limited customers to 40GB of usage per month, and has returned to an unlimited service plan offering 5Mbps/384Kbps service for $44.99 per month.
Customers calling Time Warner’s office in Beaumont were told the consumption based billing experiment had ended. However, as with other Time Warner Cable divisions, the “FAQ” on the topic has now also appeared on the help pages for this division as well. It explains Time Warner Cable still believes their Cap ‘n Tier formula is the “fairest” and will reimpose limits “once customers gauge how much bandwidth they actually consume.” Time Warner Cable has gotten bolder in sending the message the very unpopular billing system they attempted to test in several cities around the country will be back, whether customers like it or not.
But for now, the grand experiment has finally ended nationwide.
Read the complete post with pic at Stop the Cap.
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