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Time Warner Pulls Plug On Metered Billing Tests
fudreporter is one of many who writes to tell us that Time Warner is not planning to continue their tiered consumption tests at this time. The company is not completely admitting defeat, stating that they "may return to the idea in the future," but for now the test has been shut down. "The plan would have established several tiers based on how much consumers use the Internet. Time Warner Cable had said at the time that it believed that consumers who download the most content need to pay more to cover infrastructure upgrades. The plan was first announced two weeks ago, then modified with higher download caps last week. In a news release yesterday, Glenn Britt, the chief executive of Time Warner Cable, said, 'We will not proceed with implementation of additional tests until further consultation with our customers and other interested parties, ensuring that community needs are being met.'"
ScuttleMonkey didn't do his job as an editor properly?
I must say, I am shocked and dismayed at this sudden development!
Sturgeon was an optimist.
Unless of course charging $1 per wing is profitable enough that you are able to continuously expand your buffet.
As long as prices are sufficient to cover costs and capital upgrades, you don't need to use the pricing model to address capacity problems.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.