Time Warner Cable to Test Tiered Bandwidth Caps

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a leaked internal memo, Time Warner Cable is testing out tiered bandwidth caps in their Beaumont, TX division as a way to fairly balance the needs of heavy users against the limited amount of shared bandwidth cable can provide. The plan is to offer various service tiers with bandwidth fees for overuse, as well as a bandwidth meter customers can use to help them stay within their allotment. If it works out, they will consider a nation-wide rollout. Interestingly, the memo also claims that 5% of subscribers use over 50% of the total network bandwidth."

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Re:hard cap vs overusage fees vs bw restriction

[mattwarden]

Um, so everyone floods the steam on the first of the month. I think that won't go so well. They'd have to stagger the billing cycles and align the bandwidth allocation with the billing cycle start. This would be pretty complicated to do and would likely have significant (understatement of the year) ripple effects throughout their business.