Time Warner Set to Lose Me as a Customer
June 3, 2008 – 19:16I just read some disturbing news regarding my ISP. Starting on Thursday Time Warner Cable is going to metering usage for the Internet in some town in Texas. The plan is a pilot program, but if it catches on you can bet your ass Time Warner is going to be getting an angry call from me as I cancel their service.
I can understand some limits, but don’t set them so low that just about everyone will be affected by it. The slow service of 768kbps will get a mere 5 GB a month for $30, and $55 a month will get you 15mbps but you can only use it up to 40 GB. Extra gigs will cost $1.
Are you fucking kidding me!? More and more things are going to digital distribution. It’s not unheard of to download programs that are a couple gigabytes. And online movies have to add up the usage. As a Netflix user with the Roku box I’ll be using more and more bandwidth, so I’m 100% positive I’ll be using more than that 40 GB.
If you think about it, I think Time Warner wants to stop those services so people will be forced to use their On Demand service to get movies. I for one will never get a movie using their service again and am already researching other ISPs in my area. And if they lose me as a customer for the Internet, they can be damn sure they’ll lose me as a customer for their television service as well.