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Time Warner Shelves Plans For Tiered Pricing

Posted by timothy on from the meek-will-continue-to-subsidize-the-bold dept.

The FNP writes "Time Warner has postponed their plans to test tiered data caps in Greensboro NC, Rochester NY, San Antonio TX, and Austin TX. This announcement comes shortly after the media started reporting on Eric Massa's opposition and protests planned for this Saturday outside of Time Warner's offices in Greensboro and Rochester." There's also a good piece at Ars on the fall of the current tiered-pricing plans.

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  1. rochesterian responce by voudras · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They put a cap on my data im putting a cap in their ass! /* relax hoover, its a joke */

  2. Re: Sig Line Comment by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obama:"We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation." Our currency, national motto, laws, and morals disagree.

    Obama likes to compare himself to the great Democratic presidents.

    So do I.

    In fact, I compare him most of all to the great LBJ, who only [blanked] when his lips were moving.

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    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  3. Re:Good riddance by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>>Why must the heaviest users per se be punished for using what they bought?

    Because they are using more electricity at the ISP's central office/ server, and they should be obliged to cover that additional electrical cost. Oh and before you spout off about "unlimited" if you read the fine print of your contract, it specifies unlimited TIME not unlimited bits. i.e. You won't be charged $1 an hour like the ISPs used to do. Unlimited time.

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