TWC – Time Warner Cable Sets “Unlimited” at $150 – Can You Say Neighborhood Router, Anybody?
TWC caps will include $150 “unlimited”
Time Warner Cable’s expanded trials of metered Internet service will include significantly higher average caps and a pseudo-unlimited option, the company’s COO Landel Hobbs said in an online statement. After facing criticism for offering a maximum cap of just 40GB per month in Texas trials with unlimited overage fees, the provider is now boosting its original 5GB-40GB range for Road Runner service to 10GB-60GB and is adding a 100GB tier for $75 per month. It will also limit the overage charges themselves to a maximum of $75 extra per month and, practically, restore unlimited Internet access at a price of $150 per month.
Let’s see, that’s about 3X what I am paying now. I figure if we spread the bandwidth around between myself and two or three next door neighbors we can bring the cost back in line with current rates. But if the vortex of TWC is actually metering and monitoring our traffic, well, perhaps it’s best to stick with the orginal plan and stick it to TWC right in the meter.
Rather than put up with Time Warner’s BAD IDEA, I will start looking into getting my connectivity from Earthlink or horror, AT&T!
A last excerpt: “The caps are being kept artificially low to protect Time Warner’s TV business as customers may cancel regular TV service in favor of iTunes purchases or web video services like Hulu.”
See the full Electronista post.
One Response to “TWC – Time Warner Cable Sets “Unlimited” at $150 – Can You Say Neighborhood Router, Anybody?”
TWC’s Alex Dudley has already stated that Earthlink *is* TWC and vice versa, meaning Earthlink will be following the same exact cap policies as TWC.
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