Timewarner has decided that Austin Texas is the place to implement metered bandwidth for it's customers. No more moving 200mb files around for work... no more watching Stephen Colbert on the comedy central site... no more pop-3 mail access with 10mb attachments...
The tests in Beaumont - that hotbed of hightech knowhow - showed 25% of the users went over their caps.
Honestly - if this is the way Austin treats its tech savvy then perhaps it's time to consider moving. I hope the Austin tech crowd stands up for itself with the city council - they have the power to stop this.
Edit:
Wetwired has it right - only some of us are victims of the monopoly. These companies took government money to build infrastructure to come out here - and now they're going to hold us hostage because out here there are no alternatives - and man did they fight that whole 'set up a competing company on the infrastructure to provide a competing service' fight in the 90s...
Assholes.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Timewarner Cable shoots itself in the foot
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I wonder what this means for customers who have "locked in" their rates for a certain period of time. . .
It really is a silly move.
they have the right to alter their rates anytime they want... it's in their small print (and no that doesnt mean you get to leave the contract).
It's sad but do you know anyone who loves their telecom/cable provider? It seems like it's just a choice between shitballs.
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