Cable Companies Reject Tiered Pricing Model

The Lynxpro submits this Investor's Business Daily article carried on Yahoo!, writing "It details how the Cable Companies are resisting a pricing this competition with DSL providers by resisting tiered pricing models. The article highlights how Time Warner Cable and Comcast are both bringing access speeds back to 3Mbps without any price increases. What the article fails to mention is that is the very speed rate @Home offered before going into bankruptcy. The cable companies formerly partnered with @Home reduced access speeds when they resumed their own services in the wake of the @Home implosion." I wonder if (low-speed) Internet access will ever be just another basic-cable feature.

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CNN is not "basic cable"

[Dancin_Santa]

It's almost guaranteed that "Basic Cable" will never include broadband internet access. Perhaps one day "Standard Cable" will, but Basic Cable will never be anything more than the few local channels and the loony public access crapfest.

charter

[SHEENmaster]

recently did the same thing as an apology for recent downtime.

1. ISP catches WIN32BLAST
2. ????
3. BANDWIDTH!

Recording Industry Association of America ?

[civilengineer]

The Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) has asked broadband service providers to crack down on subscribers that illegally share music over the Internet.

Let me guess. They added this line at the article's end to make sure it gets thoroughly discussed on slashdot.