Time Warner Cable Testing Tiered Pricing

April 11, 2009 | By Admin In Technology |

I’m not sure how many folks have already seen this, and frankly its a bit off topic. Awww, who am I kidding. This is way off topic.

Time Warner has been testing out a “consumption based billing” structure for its broadband internet service in Beaumont, Texas and plans to expand the trials to San Antonio and Austin; Rochester, New York; and Greensboro, North Carolina sometime this summer.

Up to this point, bandwidth has been capped at 5-, 10-, 20-, and 40-gigabyte levels ranging from $30 to $55 per month plus $1 per gigabyte over, but a recent post from Time Warner Chief Operating Officer, Landel Hobbs, responds to some criticism and outlines plans for two additional pricing tiers.

(via CrunchGear)

The part you don’t see in this pricing scheme is that they’re looking to top out this garbage at $150 A MONTH!

Let that sink in for a second… $150 a FREAKING MONTH!

I don’t know about you folks (there’s a poll below) but I’m pretty sure if Comcast knocks on my door tomorrow and starts telling me about how they’re going to be charging me $150/mo for internet service – I know exactly where I’m going to tell them to shove it.

Hey Time Warner – Don’t bother even sending me a flyer if you come to the Denver area. I’m not interested in being taken for a ride. Scum-bags.

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