Time Warner and AT&T's plan to charge by the gig for internet traffic

[Sindori]

We already knew about Time Warner's bandwidth metering stunt in Beaumont, TX. Here are a few more details on other ISP's:

AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. “Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,” the company said in a statement.

As for Comcast:

That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.

Full article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/nytimes/080614/...9060.html?.v=3

[drtoker]

I smell an epic failure comming for this plan. As for comcast, they just trippled my upload speed 0_o

[HelenaP]

I... As for comcast, they just trippled my upload speed 0_o

Nice of them to do after all that lying...I mean denying...I mean rationalizing, I mean justifying...(strikeout function is an excellent idea)