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Look out...tiered pricing and monthly caps coming !

just threaten to cancel the service...you dont get what you pay for anyways with TWC. this just makes you pay even more. Their loss is your gain.

reply to albundyhere

reply to Racerbob
Sorry to hear about that Mazakman. The last I checked though, like in the case with the Texas trials, didn't they have to talk you into moving to a newer package that is supposably "cheaper" and "faster" but came with the caps but yet old accounts were grandfathered? But sorry to hear that for anyone getting capped. Right now even Frontier still has yet to announce rolling out their caps (was talking to a local tech who said that the plans for capping are actually on hold), as I've been hammering away at both of my DSL connections for the past week (more like the past year) and not a peep from either ISP. In March, I probably did close to 500GB total split up throughout the two lines.

reply to Racerbob
So does this mean if I ever move and get an account actually under my name that I would be forced into one of these? Forget that crap I'm moving to an area with U-verse!

Might as well find a Verizon area. AT&T is talking about caps too...

Note...they won't do this in Buffalo where Verizon is the competition.

reply to Smith6612
You mean to actually enforce the cap.
The cap has been in the TOS for some time now.
Get locked in to one of Frontiers contracts and you could have a major surprise coming.

Tos
A reasonable amount of usage is defined as 5GB combined upload and download consumption during the course of a 30-day billing period.
From »www.frontier.com/5GB/

reply to Racerbob
I wonder if the NYC government would prevent them from doing that here.

I hope so because if they force us use cap i will find another ISP than TWC.

reply to Racerbob
At some point ALL ISPs will have caps, after a while of this they will come out with a level that has no cap, just like dial-up did 10+ years ago(anyone remember the 150hrs deal?).
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It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

reply to Racerbob
Thankfully grande communication is in some parts of san antonio and even offers 20mb / 4mb service in fibre areas.

Hello Dish network / Vonage / Grande. All will end up cheaper than current TWC and probably more reliable with no overages or caps

reply to Racerbob
There is one person in this forum who is local and who also is Time Warner's biggest supporter in this area and I am quite anxious to see his comments on this issue. 40 GB a month is too restrictive and furthermore, it is too expensive. If caps have to be put in place, they should at least try to model their plan after Comcast's ? I need to find out what people pay a month for Comcast ... 250 GB a month for how much ?

reply to older dog
My contract with Frontier expired years ago, but I'm still on the same old plan as I've had for about 4 years. But of course I know about that TOS line as well as Time Warner not capping the Buffalo Division due to FiOS.

reply to Racerbob
Well glad I finally canceled cable and started watching my shows on the internet, thankfully I didn't spend money on building a HTPC yet. I hate living in Rochester.

reply to Racerbob
Well, Time Warner will be receiving a prompt cancellation phone call when they try this shit on me.

That's really all that needs to be said.

I'll probably rape the shit out of my connection first, though. Download 24/7 that month and upload 24/7 as punishment until they cut me off. I'd reckon I could manage over 5 terabytes of traffic in a month.

reply to Racerbob
Not welcome news at all. I have RoadRunner Turbo in Rochester and my router logged 16.13GB during the March calendar month. I do not download any music or video, so the referenced usage is all from surfing and software update activity. Obviously, if I was into music and video I would be screwed.

I am a fairly recent Rochester transplant and fortunately don't have family, acquaintances, real estate or employment locally that I place a great deal of value upon. I can move to a FIOS area if I choose. Frontier DSL is no alternative.

reply to Racerbob
This is to close to home for me, Greensboro, N.C being one of the new test areas. I am in Raleigh area. If they put this crap in place for Raleigh I will drop them so fast for both internet and cable tv, as I have other options in this area without so a low cap. I don't have a problem with caps, but 40 GB, give me a break.

reply to Racerbob
I wonder if the anti-competitive angle has any legs here?

One could argue that caps are designed to keep people from competing video services (Netflix, Blockbuster and other download) that compete with cable and VoIP that competes with 'digital' phone.

Andrew Cuomo (NYS AG), you were all over the press with you BS anti-porn news a few months ago. Are you going to do anything about this?