Andre Yoskowitz
8 Feb 2009 23:07
Last January, the ISP Time Warner announced it would be starting bandwidth caps aimed at "collecting revenue from those who utilize over half of the total network bandwidth."
In June, they began their "metered Internet trials" in Beaumont, Texas and just last week the ISP announced they would be expanding the program to four other cities.
The original caps however, were 40 GB and users would be charged $1 for every GB over the cap they went. Critics found the caps to be far too limited and pointed to Comcast, who introduced 250 GB monthly caps last year, as a good starting point if bandwidth caps must be used.
It appears today that after receiving many complaints from unhappy customers, Time Warner is backtracking a bit and will increase the 40GB limit on a certain "range of packages, with higher priced plans that have a larger data "bucket" along with lower priced options for casual users."
No word on pricing yet, however we will know when the new trials begin this year.