There's been a lot of talk about Time Warner starting to charge by bandwith and internet usage for their RoadRunner service. My mom got wind of this and when she called them tonight to pay her bill over the phone she inquired about it. The rep told her that there will be a 3-month trial that everyone will be able to gauge what their usage is. Sort of like a water or gas meter. I'm not sure where it will show - if you can log in to see your usage on your account, or if it just shows on your bill or what.
But anyways, the rep said that customers will be capped at $150/month just for their RoadRunner internet service - so that's the "max" you could pay for RR, but that most people wouldn't have to pay that much. They will allow you so much bandwith GB and if you exceed it, it would be $1 per every GB that you exceed past your limit.
Apparently they are doing this because of services such as Vonage, those who download movies, etc. My thought was, then why not just charge THEM more - why penalize everyone? But apparently they are not able to do that. So, we must all suffer the consequences.
Seems fair, huh?
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