Time Warner Shutting Off Austin Accounts For Heavy Usage (Slashdot)

[Drew Wilson]

"After deciding to shelve metered broadband plans, it looks like Time Warner is cutting off, with no warning, the accounts of customers whom they deem to have used too much bandwidth. 'Austin Stop The Cap reader Ryan Howard reports that his Road Runner service was cut off yesterday without warning. According to Ryan, it took four calls to technical support, two visits to the cable store to try two new cable modems (all to no avail), before someone at Time Warner finally told him to call the company's "Security and Abuse" center. "I called the number and had to leave a voice mail, and about an hour later a Time Warner technician called me back and lectured me for using 44 gigabytes in one week," Howard wrote. Howard was then "educated" about his usage. "According to her, that is more than most people use in a year," Howard said.'"

Source (http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/25/1237215)

This is makes AOHell look good which is a heck of an accomplishment.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Expect more of this. The economy is tough all over and the ISP's are not gonna keep buying up more bandwidth to please us hogs. It sucks but everyone should have known it was coming.

[mountain_rage]

If people are using less than 44gigs a year than they are getting royally ripped off. What are these people doing with their connection, receiving email and playing Sudoku? If that is all you are using the internet for go back to Dial-up for Christs sake.

[Signa]

I could download 44 gigs in a year with dialup! Especially if I have a dedicated line.