Frank Werthe

Time Warner to Charge Fees for Internet Based On 'Consumption' (Switched)

Apr 5th 2009 8:54PM This is about control and with that control squeezing every dime possible. Everything my kids do is on the web. School reports are now required in PowerPoint they have MySpace and Face book accounts for the class. I tried a bandwidth monitor on my son's online gaming .79GB in 3hrs. My afternoon comparing products before a purchase 135mb [yes I watch the flash videos]. My antivirus just popped up with a 17mb download [free update] we subscribe to online newspapers, not for long with the size of the videos. Oh I forgot the Microsoft .Net 3.5 update is 350MB x 4 computers. God help you with online backup or Vista. Time Warner’s own web site videos and audio load over 400mb if you look at everything. TW own site touts high-speed for super large downloads! Video on demand! Music and Games! How about the military families depending on streaming video from loved ones overseas? Everything we do is connected to the internet and oh yeah I seem to remember HIGH DEF INTERNET IS ON THE WAY. High Def is 10 times larger than standard so how is any one going to see a video clip that’s larger than their monthly allotment?
They want to charge each site we go to like Sears, Wal-Mart, EBay Google, or CNN a fee like they tried in England. What's worse we paid for the infrastructure through taxes and fees and they have been getting tax exemptions for years! TW want us to howl loud so we’ll accept giant rate increases instead of a meter or maybe just a little more bandwidth please. They are doing this during the worst recession in decades why? THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY AND THEY INTEND TO USE IT!