MacLeech
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July 5th, @05:14PM
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Re: Time warner to impose 5GB and 40GB caps on internet?
Currently, the bandwidth caps are a TRIAL in ONE AREA.
TWC runs lots of trials every year in different areas, this year HBO Downloads, DOCSIS 3, and Powerboost are new trials in different areas too. Some trials are expanded, like SDV, StartOver or CallerID on TV. While others never expand, like LilyPad or Roadrunner Video channel. While others die, like Pivot or Microsoft TV.
I could name a dozen things TWC trialed in the last few years that hardly anyone heard of and fewer actually were affected by.
BTW, this trial is not so much "caps", which imply a hard limit you CAN'T go over, as it is "metered usage" which is costs extra after a certain base amount is passed, similar to how water, electric, gas, and other utilities commonly bill for their products. The base amounts are on the low side compared to what OTHER companies have posted though...although I still wonder what percentage of customers this would ACTUALLY affect.
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|  There has been discussion of caps not only for Comcast HSI and AT&T DSL, but also this for TWC. If you are concerned about caps interfering with growth of internet function, this may be of concern to you. If all you do is surf some pages, and so some email, then this really isn't a great concern.
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