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For my water and natural gas services, I only pay for what I use. Why should I pay for the water usage for someone who has a pool and two jacuzzis? ]]>Feb 10th 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/]]>Jan 18th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/
IF (and only if) the price of my internet goes down, and thus I stop subsidizing others who use way more bandwith than I, I would consider this a win. Everyone who is not in that 5% mentioned in the article should agree, too.

If Comcast keeps our rates flat and charges the 5% more, however, that sucks. Comcast's revenue should stay the same from the day before to the day after the transition, just with the heavier users paying more and the rest of us paying less. The ISP shouldn't be socialistic where we all pay for others' mis- and overuse.]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/
Some people talk on their cell phones over 3 hours a day. Some people make just a few minutes of phone calls a week. If your plan was in effect for cell phones, then we would all be subsidizing the talkaholics by paying perhaps an additional $20 a month so that we could all have the same pricing structure. No thanks!

As for the condiments, the reasons are many, but the most important are:
1) it improves the efficiency astronomically if all the burgers are made the same. If you start slowing down the line by asking which people want to pay for, it would require many more employees on register to keep the transaction time reasonable.
2) it would really piss off people if a company quibbled over charging for extra ketchup. Note the difference in adding bacon or avocados, however. The added cost for these ingredients is worth making some people angry and the slow down on the line. The same could be applied for internet useage.

Nice profile pic, btw :-) 17-0* Hoepfully it will be 17-1 after this weekend!]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/
This is an attempt to charge those heavy users more, and keep your bills the same. If they are lucky, they will slow down the heavy users enough to have room for even more subscribers, to pay the same amount you do.

This is all about TW, this isn't a service to customers. Just another example of unlimited plans being limited.]]>Jan 18th 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/
I suspect it is more about Satellite (Directv/Dish) VOD, Apple, and Netflix cutting into their cable/ppv customer base than anything else.

Just as you pay all the internet providers (including cable and fios) for speed, there is some logic in different tiers depending on the amount of time you keep the pipeline full.

Bottom line, i pay 2x what a standard residential customer pays for RoadRunner, have a business account at my home with static IPs, faster speeds than the standard residential accounts (15 down / 3 up) and never get hassled with a dedicated business tech support and priority 24/7 repair through their business service (not the typical CSR Reps) if the service goes out.

I think thats fair and can live with it.

I perfectly willing to pay for the add]]>Jan 18th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/What a perfect way to get the residential consumer back on dial-up.

Does TWC think they are selling gas?

This would be the RBOCs [Regional Bell Operating Company: Verizon, AT&T / SBC, Qwest etc...the local phone companies] gain as most of the TWC customers would be moving back to dial up or DSL once they see how LITTLE $49.99 will get them.

Bad move....maybe it looks good on paper to some worm in accounting but in the real world this will translate into a loss of customers for TWC.

But what should we expect from the brains behind the TWC AOL merger......]]>Jan 18th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/now my friends will have to cut back on usage
Its like dialup was.]]>Jan 18th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 18th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/18/time-warner-cable-to-trial-consumption-based-internet-billing/Jan 20th 2008 11:10AM