said by morgan1112:Why doesn't Time Warner just announce they will upgrade everyone to the new standard by 2010 and raise everyone's bill by $2 a month to pay for it?
They want their intrastructure to stay as rickety as possible in the noncompetitive areas so they can use that as an excuse for caps. As much as possible of the overage charges paid by those customers will go for upgrades elsewhere, if at all.