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Meanwhile, in Europe, where people have realised that this sentiment applied to broadband, as when it is applied to other areas, is utter tripe, flat-rate broadband has been common since 2001.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
Also, if you look at their quarterly reports, their profits are higher than ever before yet they want to charge a significant markup for something that costs them next to nothing. ]]>Apr 28th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Dec 13th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
My neighborhood is full of torrent monkeys. We all share the same QAM64 outbound link on the cable and it SUCKS. Bill 'em up the ass and maybe mommy will reign them in.]]>Apr 29th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
There is no way any provider can back up a failing business model even at $15 a month for 100mb broadband. We are being ripped off plain and simple. Any argument against that is nothing but pure BS in order to try and secure insane profits for delivering data at a very small cost to consumers.

Or does it really cost $.75 to send "meet me at 5:00" by text message? Somehow I don't think so. Broadband internet delivery follows the same exact model. It is just that people are stupid enough to pay providers the money.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
Anyway, I'm fine with tiered pricing if (a) you know how much you've used and (b) the prices are reasonable. The cable cos. would get much more sympathy if they weren't all monopolists charging high prices as it is.]]>Apr 28th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
I'm going to be quite honest... i don't use the internet that much more than an average person... but if i decide to download this, stream that or upload something... i really think that with the amount of money paid by everyone from bottom to top should MORE than have covered the companies like twc to give me far superior service, rather than give me the same crappy, often interupted service at a higher price...]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/I personally know a LOT of people over 50 who download night and day.
If the cable companies would take our $$ and invest in infrastructure instead of advertising it might fix the problem.
Just sayin'.]]>Apr 29th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 30th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 29th 2009 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
Greedy bastards.]]>Apr 28th 2009 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 29th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 30th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
I say upgrade your equipment if you want to survive the "coming hellstorm". Obviously if you can handle more people it means more money in your pocket. Sure, upgrading is expensive, but the secured income from users who know you are upgrading to retain their subscription will pay off in the long run...why does everyone want to get rich quick nowadays, that's what ruined the economy.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
My TV bill will go from $70 down to $5 and my internet will go from $55 to $75. I come out ahead. The cable company gets less revenue. The channels few people watch get less of a share so there are less channels for people to watch and the few people that do watch those channels loose then.

Works for me. =P]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
I don't watch of shows on television. Why should I pay for them?]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/Apr 28th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/
If all you do is email and light internet browsing, you shouldn't have to pay $40-$50 a month.

]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/surprise-the-american-cable-association-favors-tiered-broadband/They want to bill data like a utility, but want to put a baseline price for everyone with excess usage charges rather than a flat per MB rate.

Sounds to me like they want everyone to stuff their bottomline rather than fix any real issues. If they're so concerned about Granny subsidizing Junior, they should charge by the MB with no fixed monthly fee rather than this tiered model which only serves to increase their net income. That way, everyone is charged per usage and those who use little pay little, those who use more pay more.

If they want more money for "new features", what "new features" are they talking about, since this is the open Internet we're talking about?

At the end of the day, their idea that they should be able to charge a metered rate for an unlimited commodity, which is throughput, NOT bandwidth, is ridiculous. They complain about bandwidth hogs, but charge for throughput. Their argument makes no sense.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:41PM