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Feeling the pressure from the paying public, Time Warner has canceled plans to test out a tiered bandwidth system that would impose severe caps on monthly usage. The strongest opposition to this new system came not only from the general public, but from a number of political figures as well.
Here again is the proposed list of Internet tiers that could have gone into effect in the above cities. Fortunately, at least for now, nobody in those locations will have to worry about these caps.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he spoke with Time Warner Cable's chief executive, Glenn Britt, Thursday morning about the "overwhelming opposition" to its plans. Later, both released statements of Time Warner Cable's decision to set aside metered billing.
"It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about our plans to roll out additional tests on consumption-based billing," Britt said in a statement.
But there are signs that metered billing isn't quite dead at Time Warner Cable. The company said the Beaumont trial will continue, and it plans to roll out software in all its markets to let customers know how much bandwidth they are consuming.
Much of the consumer protests have centered around Rochester, N.Y., where U.S. Rep. Eric Massa said he was preparing legislation to ban metered billing. The cable company has been testing metered billing in Beaumont since June and was planning to expand the trial to Rochester, Greensboro, N.C., and Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
"It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about our plans to roll out additional tests on consumption-based billing," Britt said in a statement.
But there are signs that metered billing isn't quite dead at Time Warner Cable. The company said the Beaumont trial will continue, and it plans to roll out software in all its markets to let customers know how much bandwidth they are consuming.
Much of the consumer protests have centered around Rochester, N.Y., where U.S. Rep. Eric Massa said he was preparing legislation to ban metered billing. The cable company has been testing metered billing in Beaumont since June and was planning to expand the trial to Rochester, Greensboro, N.C., and Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
Here again is the proposed list of Internet tiers that could have gone into effect in the above cities. Fortunately, at least for now, nobody in those locations will have to worry about these caps.
• A limited package for "light users" at 1GB/month, 768KB down / 128KB up, with overage charges of $2/GB/month.
• Road Runner Lite, Basic, Standard, and Turbo packages at 10GB / 20GB / 40GB / and 60GB caps, respectively, and overage charges at $1/GB/month.
• A big daddy, 100GB Turbo package at $75/month with overage fees of $1/GB, which, when coupled with that magic threshold of $75 in charges, becomes the "unlimited" plan.
We last heard about this potential cap when the MTV Multiplayer Blog spoke with Sony, Microsoft, and OnLive about how the caps would affect their online services.
• Road Runner Lite, Basic, Standard, and Turbo packages at 10GB / 20GB / 40GB / and 60GB caps, respectively, and overage charges at $1/GB/month.
• A big daddy, 100GB Turbo package at $75/month with overage fees of $1/GB, which, when coupled with that magic threshold of $75 in charges, becomes the "unlimited" plan.