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Time-Warner Considers Per-Gigabyte Service Fee, After iTunes
destinyland writes "Time-Warner is now mulling a plan to charge a per-gigabyte fee for internet service. A leaked memo reveals they're now watching how many gigabytes customers use in a 'consumption-based' pricing experiment in Texas, which we discussed early last month. The announced plan was that they were considering a tier-based approach, as opposed to per-gigabyte fees. 'As few as 5 percent of our customers use 50 percent of the network,' Time-Warner complains, with plans to cap usage at 5-gigabytes, and more expensive pricing plans granting 10-, 20-, and 40-gigabyte quotas. Steven Levy at the Washington post suggests Time-Warner's real aim is to
hobble iTunes, raising the cost of a movie download by $10 (or $30 for a high-definition movie). Eyeing Time-Warner's experiment, Comcast cable also says they're evaluating a pay-per-gigabyte model."
"Given the astronomically high latencies of satellite, not to mention the *severely* limited upstream"
Straight to the hyperbole, that itself speaks to the strength of your argument.
"Uh, no, it does deserve an answer"
No, it doesn't, it's really a very dumb attempt to do what you did, rant about the shortcomings of satellite while completely ignoring the large amount of people who irrefutably prove my point.
"please, tell us, why is satellite even in the same league as terrestrial broadband?"
As soon as you tell me why you think "viable alternative" and "in the same league" are synonyms.
Can you respond without the obvious overstatement, hyperbole, and straw men? If not, then don't bother.