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  • From: David Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Time Warner to meter users' Internet traffic
  • Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:39:44 -0400

In these harsh economic times, I feel that we (as citizens) really need to pull together and support a financial bailout for the poor beleaguered telcos. Failing to do so could precipitate an unprecedented collapse of network providers. The "average" American should give 'til it hurts.


On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Brian Henning wrote:

Whatever ISP starts advertising no caps is gonna rake in customers hand-over-fist once TWC makes this real. Let's hope one exists so we can throw our money at them. With the amount of instant Netflix content I watch (7.25 hours is gone in a couple days easy), I'd be first in line to move to a non-capped provider.

I've never really understood by-the-bit pricing anyway (aside from a shameless money grab). Greedy so-and-sos.

~B

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Brown
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Time Warner to meter users' Internet traffic

7.25 hours of online video a week (a fraction of the 60 hours Americans spend watching TV in a week) could end up spending $200 per month on broadband usage fees.

That SUCKS!!!

I watch way more Roku content than 7.25 hours a month.

If the commute were not so unfathomable I'd move to Wilson just for Greenlight.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, zman wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Greg Brown wrote:
> What about Earthlink? Are they going to cap usage as well?

I would think that since their stuff runs on the TWC network you'll see ti
there as well. It's all about TWC not seeing what was coming and being
complacent in delivering digital content. Now they want a piece of it.





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