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Post-Easter Time Warner Cable update
It seems like only yesterday (give or take four days) that Time Warner Cable made its last statement on the matter of its controversial, water-roiling tiered broadband pricing plan.
Besides the mysterious weekend appearance of a large, egg-bearing rabbit, the only other news to report has largely been reactionary. Last night, I sent a short list of questions to Time Warner for a piece airing today on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (which I’ll link when it’s available), but was told that the answers to my questions were not readily available and couldn’t meet my deadline. Maybe we’ll hear more later this week.
Here’s what’s new, related to the bandwidth caps on other parts of the Internet:
- New York congressman Eric Massa is drafting legislation that would target the bandwidth caps.
- Gaming/gadget sites are latching on to the last statement’s mention of a $150 unlimited Turbo-speed plan, which sounds not so bad until you remember that $60 gets you that right now on Road Runner. That’s a bit of a jump.
- Tom’s Hardware asks, is ISP capping the new DRM?
- Web sites against the cap (or providing info about it) that have popped up include Stop The Cap!, Meter This! and the blessedly exclamation-point-free Austin Broadband Information Center.
- In this very clever article, Network Performance Daily looks at how much common Internet activities will cost in real dollars. Luckily for all Time Warner Cable customers, getting Rickrolled will only cost a penny.
Did I miss anything? Add it in the comments. Apparently Amazon.com got involved in a spot of trouble over the weekend, but I’m not sure I going to be able to cover two Internet trainwrecks at the same time.
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By Jacob
April 14, 2009 11:18 AM | Link to this
Cancel, Cancel, Cancel. Everyone please don't be complacent of this one.