Traffic throttling for all
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Traffic throttling is destined to become a universal reality, believes (prays?) Time Warner Cable boss Glenn Britt.
“The all-you-can-eat bandwidth buffet cable modem users enjoy may soon come to an end. Later this year, Time Warner Cable will begin charging users a fee for downloading more than a monthly limit.”
Really? Wow!
But, observed Net protocol expert Robb Topolski last month, the quote, from Network World, is six years old.
Fast forward and TWC, “shook up the Internet world earlier this year when it started testing a ‘consumption-based’ broadband service” in Beaumont, Texas, says IP democracy, going on although final results have been postponed by Hurricane Ike, TWC CEO Glenn Britt thinks ultimately, all broadband service will be metered or consumption-based.
“Consumption-based broadband” is, “where we will ultimately go,” Britt told Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia Conference, says IP Democracy, going on »»»
Cable holds the competitive upper-hand when it comes to high-speed Internet access because cable modem service is simply faster and better, Britt said. “We just have a better product as consumers do more video and use more bandwidth they notice it’s a better product.”
When it comes to overall service, the cable industry is rapidly moving away from its monopoly mindset as it faces competition from both satellite and telcos. “We’re still evolving from where we used to be. We’re getting more sophisticated at marketing.”
Users?
Chopped liver.
(Thanks, Luvie)
Robb Topolski- Why the sky isn’t falling, August 8, 2008
IP democracy,TWC CEO: Broadband Will Be Consumption-Based, September 18, 2008
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September 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
This guy is living in his own delusional cable world. My Verizon FIOS service for the last year has been leaps and bounds better than the Comcast cable service. Symmetrical bandwidth, no throttling, no DMCA bullshit, and HD channels that are actually delivered in HD bitrates.
Verizon also added 30 new HD channels to my area on 9/17. Cable only holds an upper-hand in areas with no choice.
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I dont want another hole in my wall thanks
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line for me also known as ADSL
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
The problem with Comcast is that although the burst speed is high the overal speed is very inconsistant and there is a lot of packe t lost soemtime as mush as 30%. So when they claim that it is faster than DSl they are lying. Also I found that DSL service stream video better than Comcast because the trasffic is much more consistant in term of speed and the latancy is short.
Evryone that I know are using DSl are happy with it and it is not true that comcast cable offer a better service.
This is not true at all. By the way right now Comcast connection is pretty slugish. Not faster than dia-lup!
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
In response to RW in comment 4:
Like all other aspects of corporations and government in the US, they will tell the same lie over and over again until it becomes ‘the truth’.
We don’t talk about anthrax attacks or WMDs much anymore, do we?
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Six years ago, eh? Reminds me of the common belief from the 1930s to the 1970s that “comic books won’t be around in five years” which was the comic book industry’s excuse to treat the artists and writers like scum. I can think of other media industries that do that…
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Start metering bandwidth in the name of corporate greed, Time Warner,
and I can guarantee you that your customers will cancel their service in
record numbers and sign up for those of your competitors.
In my area, we dumped Time Warner in favor of AT&T U-Verse. This was
after TW began traffic shaping of Usenet and torrents, and at the same time
our connection began going to crap.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Time Warner owns Road Runner, AOL, and a whole bunch of other ISPs. Comcast may be the largest single ISP in the US, but TW is the second largest. What does that say to you about the ISP industry as a whole?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
So lets see, the hard hit to online money makers is going to cause this to go down the drain quickly especially online movie rentals X-box live downloads and online gaming. I cant wait to see Microsoft, the internet porn industry, netflix, blizzard and not to mention many others all shove their feet up Time Warner and every other internet service providers proverbial ass for trying to stick their hands in their honey pot..