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images/news/internet.jpgTime Warner Cable's proposed trials of consumption-based billing were originally slated to begin in several markets this summer, where customers would be a part of a tiered pricing scheme. Pricing would have started at 1 GB per month for $15, and go up to 100 GB per month for $75, and include a per-gigabyte overage fee.
The public's reaction was less than favorable, and the trials in Texas have been rescheduled.
Gavino Ramos, Time Warner's Vice President of Communications told the San Antonio Express News, "What happened as we're continuing to listen was we worked in some of the comments and ideas that got sent to us. We came to the realization, let's do this in October."
Trials in Rochester, New York and Greensboro, North Carolina will continue as planned, but consumers look to be equally aggrieved. Some subscribers are planning protests of Time Warner's offices for the proposed trials. One group, called Stop The Cap, believes protests keep price hikes in check. It says, "a handful of major broadband providers are now colluding in a version of telecommunications limbo, with several watching each of the others 'experiment,' to see how low a cap they can set before subscribers and public officials rebel."
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The public's reaction was less than favorable, and the trials in Texas have been rescheduled.
Gavino Ramos, Time Warner's Vice President of Communications told the San Antonio Express News, "What happened as we're continuing to listen was we worked in some of the comments and ideas that got sent to us. We came to the realization, let's do this in October."
Trials in Rochester, New York and Greensboro, North Carolina will continue as planned, but consumers look to be equally aggrieved. Some subscribers are planning protests of Time Warner's offices for the proposed trials. One group, called Stop The Cap, believes protests keep price hikes in check. It says, "a handful of major broadband providers are now colluding in a version of telecommunications limbo, with several watching each of the others 'experiment,' to see how low a cap they can set before subscribers and public officials rebel."
Read on
