Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas

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On Thursday, new Time Warner Cable Internet subscribers in Beaumont, Texas, will have monthly allowances for the amount of data they upload and download. Those who go over will be charged $1 per gigabyte, a Time Warner Cable executive told the Associated Press.

Metered billing is an attempt to deal fairly with Internet usage, which is very uneven among Time Warner Cable's subscribers, said Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable's executive vice president of advanced technology.

Just 5 percent of the company's subscribers take up half of the capacity on local cable lines, Leddy said. Other cable Internet service providers report a similar distribution.

"We think it's the fairest way to finance the needed investment in the infrastructure," Leddy said.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080602/tec_time_wa...e_internet.html

[Marilyn. 340]

no stinking way... i really hope they don't implement this across the board...

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Why, are you one of the 5%?

[Dan J 277]

Just switch to another cable provider.... Oh wait...

[Marilyn. 340]

I have no clue but I see how much fun, nessa and charles have with their internet set up.. they are only allowed a certain amount a month...

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Oh I see.

Yeah my cable provider doesn't have any limits on use yet. I should download enough porn to last a lifetime before they do!

[Teacher Mark 53]

Behold, the future:

I pay $60 a month right now with unlimited access. Prices will drop and cell providers will give companies like Time Warner a run for their money. The service is sketchy in some areas of the Country (Santa Fe was giving me fits last night), but most areas are high speed. It's the only thing I like about Sprint.

Edited June 3, 2008 by WideAwakeInTheUSA

[Marilyn. 340]

is it a fast connection though?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Behold, the future:

I pay $60 a month right now with unlimited access. Prices will drop and cell providers will give companies like Time Warner a run for their money. The service is sketchy in some areas of the Country (Santa Fe was giving me fits last night), but most areas are high speed. It's the only thing I like about Sprint.

Forget about online gaming though with that.

[Teacher Mark 53]

I'm in Albuquerque, NM now and the speed test came back:

Download 219kb/s

Upload 37 kb/s

The speed here seems to be average. Someone tell me, is this good? It seems as good as most cable connections I have used. I would highly recommend testing one of these before signing a contract with them. Santa Fe was basically dial up speed.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Behold, the future:

I pay $60 a month right now with unlimited access. Prices will drop and cell providers will give companies like Time Warner a run for their money. The service is sketchy in some areas of the Country (Santa Fe was giving me fits last night), but most areas are high speed. It's the only thing I like about Sprint.

Forget about online gaming though with that.

I've never played. What are we talking, W.O.W.? Tell me which one to test and I'll give it a look.

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What service are you using for the speed test?

[Teacher Mark 53]

What service are you using for the speed test?

I was just thinking about that...theirs! I've never ran a test before on this. Where is another site I can test on?

http://www.sprint.com/landings/speedtest/?...anity:speedtest

I was just in Wayne, NJ for 5 days and had good service. I'll be back there next week and I'll test there.

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Google speed test. There are lots of sites that do it now.

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I just used speedtest.net. Here's my result: