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[Mark Turner <jmarkturner AT gmail.com>]

Here's what I could find from the FTC website:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/12/aol.shtm

"Under the terms of the order, AOL Time Warner would be:
required to open its cable
system to competitor ISPs; prohibited from interfering with content
passed along the bandwidth contracted for by non-affiliated ISPs
and from interfering with the ability of non-affiliated providers of
interactive TV services to interact with interactive signals, triggers
or content that AOL Time Warner has agreed to carry; prevented
from discriminating on the basis of affiliation in the transmission of
content, or from entering into exclusive arrangements with other
cable companies with respect to ISP services or interactive TV
services; and required to market and offer AOL's digital subscriber
line ("DSL") services to subscribers in Time Warner cable areas
where affiliated cable broadband service is available in the same
manner and at the same retail pricing as they do in those areas
where affiliated cable broadband ISP service is not available."

1. I would consider capping its non-affiliated ISP's bandwidth as 
"interfering with the content pass along thte bandwidth."

2. I would also consider capping bandwidth at 7.5 hrs/month as 
"interfering with the ability of non-affiliated providers of interactive 
TV services to interact with interactive signals" as it would 
effectively torpedo Netflix's streaming service.

God, I would love to sue TWC over this. As an Earthlink-over-TWC-cable 
user I think I would have grounds for point #1. Point #2 seems open to 
any Netflix user.

Mark

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> I think it would depend on the contract between Earthlink and TWC.
> It may be written so that Earthlink avoids all that.  If so, I would
> definitely consider switching.  I hadn't even thought about Earthlink
> as an alternative before this...
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, zman <zman AT shell.neverwhere.org> 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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