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Time Warner to Charge Extra for Over-Quota Bandwidth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-will dept.

duckygator writes: "I just came across this article on NetworkWorld discussing Time Warner's announcement that they will begin charging users a fee for exceeding a monthly download limit. The actual limits and associated fees aren't discussed. Guess I knew this would be coming sooner or later ... Now I guess I'll just have to guess where the threshold will be. Anything more than email? Active gamer? Graphic artist?"

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  1. Re:i hate to say it by Matthew+Luckie · · Score: 1, Troll

    just to add to my most excellent first post, in New Zealand I am signed up to a DSL plan. We get 10GB international traffic per month for $35, and then pay between 2c and 6c per MB after that. This is a 128kbps up/down service.

    To make sure I dont go over the limit I do several things. I read slashdot in light mode. I don't use P2P, and I don't download 650mb ISOs for every damn release.

    Capped bandwidth reduces the cost of the service to ordinary users by not making the rest of us pay for what is probably P2P piracy.

  2. Message To AOL/TW by Aniquel · · Score: 0, Troll

    So light more fiber!

    1. Re:Message To AOL/TW by torqer · · Score: 1, Troll
      Exactly what would AOL/TW get out of lighting more fiber? Increase their costs. Other than that their just allowing the warez monkeys across the street to keep serving their stuff 24/7 for next to nothing.


      And another thing: for those people complaining about "oh, I'm a graphic designer so this really sucks for me" or "I'm a genetics engineer and have to send human genomes to and from work" ... Guess what? There is a business pricing plan that allows (and is designed) for this. I pay 125 bucks a month for my cable, because I have needs like that. Deal with it; unlimited bandwidth does not cost $40 a month.

  3. Re:So Lets Recap by 412-613-8636 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So i take it you're probably one of those annoying gnutella users who keeps on canceling my downloads from your machine

  4. Wrong model for bandwidth by Arethan · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'm sick of seeing companies changing the price model for bandwidth. Once you have an OC-192, what the hell does it matter if you fill it, or not. You're already paying for the whole damn thing, whether it is full or not. Some people will use the network like mad, and some won't. That's how it works. Not to mention, that's why we pay for your fucking service.

    I may download 18 full 650MB isos one month, and the next month I spend all of my time writing code and checking my email. That's the way it is supposed to work. What one guy doesn't use, the other will.

    Besides, if you're tired of your users filling up your OC-192 24 hours a day with peer to peer filesharing apps, why don't you try doing something truly innovative. Start your own server to act as a proxy, and firewall the users from actually passing through your router. Now you've just removed all of the pointless "I'm still here" packets, and only left the data transfer packets. What's better, your network users can share all they want over your internal network, and it won't cost you a dime in additional internet bandwidth. What a fucking idea!

    Sorry for being such a prick about this, but I've had my fill of clueless network admins who insist on fighting what their users really want.