 Endgame
Your member at work
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join:2005-07-07
USA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Read my siggy! They won't stop destroying the internet and television until they have all your money. It's all about the money! Greed and corruption plagues this world.
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Humans are corrupt and greedy by nature, honesty is completely artificial ~Endgame | |
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SEREGA784
join:2001-12-26
Penfield, NY | WHAT'S THE POINT SPEEDS ARE GOING UP, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT AS THERE MIGHT BE CAPS. ALSO DON'T MORE SITES OFFER MORE VIDEOS AND USE MORE BANDWIDTH HUNGRY FLASH SITES. THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY. THAT IS ALL. | |
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TheMG
join:2007-09-04
Edmonton, AB
·TELUS
| Welcome to the modern corporate world. Where money drives all decisions and the sole purpose of corporations is profit. Consumers are their cash cows, fenced in by the monopolies and lack of true competition. The government is not there for the people, but for the corporations.
Yep, we live in a fucked up society. | |
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ifarrell
join:2000-08-10
Willow Spring, NC
 ·Vonage
| Re: We new the "Test" would be successful 5GB or even 40GB per month is crap.
I consume 40-60GB per month depending on how many moviesI watch on my AppleTV and streaming Audio I listen to.
Not to forget Steaming Video on Hulu and ABC.
When I signed up with Roadrunner in 2000 TWC stated "Unlimited" use which they obviously are backing away from.
If they are to do this, existing contracts need to be grandfathered in.
If TWC pull this crap, I'll take my money elsewhere (Cable and Internet) and they can kiss my you know what. | |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
Premium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo
·Skype
| Surprised? Hmmm. Expanding the "trial". So where are those who blasted anyone who dared bitch about Beaumont's "test" and concerns that it would eventually roll out nationwide. Guess it's just another few markets, still no guarantee this will go nationwide right???
Riiiiiiight. . .
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Tradition: Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid. --despair.com | |
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Augustus III
If Only Rome Could See Us Now....
join:2001-01-25
Gainesville, GA
| reality check i remember paying 3-5$ AN HOUR for 14.4
you kids need to stop complaining and just fork over 300$ a month for internet or whatever it will take.
my first dsl line cost me 250$ a month for 128/64 and that was cost effective since i could stay connected 24/7. then again every day at midnight they would disconnect you so that your IP would change. yep.
whine whine whine whine. jesus guys. you have no idea how things were youngins | |
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| vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | Re: reality check At least you knew where every dollar was going...less likely with these bandwidth caps and overages. | |
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| daystrom
join:2001-10-08
Alliance, OH
| said by Augustus III  :i remember paying 3-5$ AN HOUR for 14.4 That my friend is a bargain. I remember back in the early 80's paying $14.95 an hour for 300 baud access to CompuServe. Remember them?! | |
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i1me2ao
Premium
join:2001-03-03
TEXAS |  screwed
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calling a illegal alien undocumented is like calling a drug dealer a undocumented pharmacist | |
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CB
join:2008-05-02
Goshen, NY
1 edit | OK... Well I don't believe I ever have used anything close to 5-6 GB never mind anywhere between 5 to 40. I've never measured but I can assure you, I haven't ever had that much data go through my line in one month. As for what Time Warner Cable is deciding to do I don't have a problem with it after all it is their network. Their network, their rules, their pricing, their service. The best part about the service is that the customers get to do decide whether to be a part of that service. I for one don't have a problem with continuing to be a part of the service. The only thing that I would find annoying is having to find something to keep track of usage, but that's not a problem for me since I don't do much online that's bandwidth intensive. Only one thing left to say, if they are going to cap, better stop advertising unlimited service. If they do that I think they'll be OK law suit wise. | |
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Muncher
join:2008-04-15
| Re: OK... Okay, just cancel all internet services. Put your money into a pot and develop your own network. It can be done with wireless routers that sell for less then 100 bucks and put together servers for about the same linking them up wireless, it is already being done. Private internet, when enough people do it you can dump the big boys for good. | |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| bold decision, BOLD PRINT Fine, you want to sell internet access on those terms, post them in CAPTIAL LETTER BOLD PRINT. Ie:
UPTO XX MEGABIT DOWNLOAD AND X MEGABIT UPLOAD WITH 250 GIGABYTE CAP FOR ONLY $57.95
Let's see how well that goes over with the public, especially in areas where Verizon FIOS set up shop side-by-side. Don't try to cloud it, hide it in fine print, hide bandwidth management solutions such as DEPRIORITIZATION deep in the terms of service.. should be the first paragraph (preferably one of the first 3 lines).
This only adds credibility to Verizon's commercial about the "cable guy" ad can only offer 'the best of intentions' to the customer. | |
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Toby983
join:2004-10-01
1 edit | Re: bold decision, BOLD PRINT Just speak with your money and change ISP's that's what I will do. Sure you may have to use lower DL+UL specs but who cares - going from 15.1 cable to 6/1 telco is ok, I have "tested" it. LMAO. I can test too just like TW can. | |
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LossofProfits
@uncc.edu | ha And then the go whine about loss of profits well guess what once people find out you are screwing them over they will take even more of your profits and your company goes deeper into the red. Bye Time Warner let real companies take over my area. | |
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snowwy
@comcast.net
| my guess is this more people then they can handle.and i guess it makes more sense to throttle down so people spend 10 hours downloading a file that normaly takes 5 minutes. so they can keep the channel open for everyone to be at the same level of service 24/7. add to that the fact that movies are pay per view downloadable now. old tech ppy soon to be a thing of the past. it's a new way to generate revenue for those that don't have a job to pay for what they have already. i can't imagine how big a HD movie is. and the 5 weeks it's going to take to download becuase it's throttled down. | |
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