this won't fly...not at all

did they really not catch on during the pay-per-minute dial-up days?

1/17/2008 1:56:02 PM

With Apple and their new AppleTV starting to let people rent DVDs over the Internet (as well as other companies a la Netflix), I wonder by how much a "normal" consumer's Internet usage will grow.

1/17/2008 1:57:25 PM

Quote :

"by the time this is implemented nationwide"

it will NEVER happen.

1/17/2008 2:03:58 PM

A plan like this is going to get them marginal improvements in network performance in limited areas. They dont give a fuck about you downloading torrents or pirating music. They have your money. They're the only provider. You cant go anywhere but back to dialup or off the grid. So they aren't worried about loosing customers because for most people there aren't many alternatives.

What they are worried about is that internet based media services will end up taking a bite out of their cable tv services. If they can cap you there, it becomes cheaper to use time warner's shit. And of course they always reserve the option to allow future IPTV devices like the 360 to access time warner IPTV services.

1/17/2008 2:18:55 PM

Quote :

" I doubt they'll actually use this to cut the "95%" of the low bandwidth users any sort of break at all. Most likely it will just be used to penalize the big downloaders, who will find other providers that aren't retarded. this whole idea has [fail] written all over it."

meh, depends if the video on demand companies put pressure on them to take it back off and up the bandwidth....

this will/would have nasty effects of causing your 'net bill to jump if you use it a lot.


they need to up the bandwidth before long...

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 2:24 PM. Reason : story]

1/17/2008 2:23:34 PM

OMFGWTFBBQ I DOWNLOADED 1 BYTE MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM FOR TIER LEVEL 1.

that day would suck.

1/17/2008 2:58:44 PM

From December 2005 to today I have downloaded 4,914.08 gigabytes.

The most I have downloaded in one month was 396.75 gigabytes in January of 2007.

1/17/2008 5:28:15 PM

I'm not sure why you're keeping track of that, but interesting nonetheless.

1/17/2008 6:06:19 PM

haha I've got a download speed thing that keeps track of that

Period (Month)	Download	Upload	Both Directions
June 2007	129,293,872 KB	3,345,310 KB	132,639,182 KB
July 2007	49,627,266 KB	48,272,268 KB	97,899,535 KB
August 2007	40,791,385 KB	56,864,147 KB	97,655,532 KB
September 2007	83,289,858 KB	47,063,093 KB	130,352,950 KB
October 2007	67,858,707 KB	5,975,938 KB	73,834,645 KB
November 2007	92,575,408 KB	73,204,950 KB	165,780,358 KB
December 2007	46,815,207 KB	35,452,093 KB	82,267,299 KB
January 2008	22,869,104 KB	7,258,293 KB	30,127,396 KB

1/17/2008 6:31:21 PM

joe17669,

A++++ post for this thread

and thank you for this data. could you now further explain what a day in the life of the internet is like for you?

1/17/2008 7:13:04 PM

I can't tell if your post is sarcastic or not

But anyways, I'd wager that a good portion of the upload is to Mozy online backup. Comcast's upload is horrible. Most of the download is web browsing, porno downloading, and streaming video off Youtube, etc.

1/17/2008 7:31:17 PM

Quote :

"Which is exactly the point I made in my first post. Everyone's bill stays the same except for the heaviest users. If Time Warner is getting more money from them then why not cut the other guys a break? "

it seems like the top 5 percent would have to pay about 20 times as much as the bottom 95 percent to cut the bottom 95 percents prices...but i'm not mathamagician

Quote :

"if for some retarded reason, Time Warner decides to implement this in more places than Bumblefuck, Texas, there will be tons of alternative ISPs that will be more than happy to give you an unmetered account for the same price. Or cheaper."

how is this retarded? this sounds like a good thing...i've been wondering for like 4 years now why time warner is the only fucking good fast internet around here..you got time warner, some dsl shit, and like dial up....road runner lite 768 is only 25/month but i want like 15 a month type shit...10/month would be even better

1/17/2008 7:50:15 PM

obviously you aren't a mathamagician. the 95% people would each get 1/19th of what the 5% people pay over normal

1/17/2008 7:56:30 PM

whoopty do

thats like what, 2 bucks off the bill?

1/17/2008 8:07:51 PM

well dumbass, it kinda depends on how much TWC rapes its heavy users.


btw...I though we got rid of stupid access limits to the internet in the 90s

1/17/2008 8:14:16 PM

joe17669,

My post was not sarcastic. Sorry about the confusion.

1/17/2008 8:33:36 PM

No one is getting a discount. Prices always go up, never down.

1/17/2008 10:35:16 PM

yeah, i remember back in 1995 how a decent laptop was cheaper than $700

1/17/2008 10:37:02 PM

What program is there to keep track of how much data you have downloaded?

1/17/2008 10:43:28 PM

http://www.dumeter.com/?LangID=EN

i'd like to figure out how to get my router to track total incoming/outgoing data to capture all my network's data instead of just on my personal desktop

1/17/2008 11:08:07 PM

this is step 1 in regulation of the internet



this is fucking bullshit

it's like charging me 30 dollars a day in a toll on the jersey turnpike everyday on the way to work but only charging someone else 2 dollars for the occasional drive through

1/17/2008 11:15:41 PM

Quote :

"I continued downloading 20 gigs of a porn a month and we never heard anything about it."

internet badass right here folks

1/17/2008 11:25:52 PM

yeah i bet i'm up there with joe#s

i forgot about netflix they have a lot of stand up comedy and tv shows on instant viewer
between that and the xbox i probably download 100- 200 gigs a month just in LEGAL movies.

1/17/2008 11:37:01 PM

Quote :

"http://www.dumeter.com/?LangID=EN"

Do you know of a free program?

1/17/2008 11:42:30 PM

I have downloaded nearly 60 gigs of material in the past 2 weeks. My time warner cable/internet bill is going to blow ass someday.

1/18/2008 11:02:18 AM

^ this does not include regular internet usage including but not limited too, chatting, day to day browsing, youtube, uploading content and video game play.

I'm fucked

1/18/2008 11:03:37 AM

Here's an article that goes into a bit more detail about the pricing structure.

Looks like you could be paying upwards of $35 for that movie rental you just made.

gg Time Warner.

1/18/2008 8:35:06 PM

[Edited on January 21, 2008 at 10:06 AM. Reason : holy shit old article]

1/21/2008 10:05:11 AM

didn't read the thread...

what kind of speed limits are they going to impose? seems like everyone should get extremely high speed access, especially if they don't download much per month. i can see them slowing down the 5% that download a shit ton of stuff but i dunno, any info on how they're planning on handling this?

1/21/2008 10:27:47 AM

free download/upload meters:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm#35

1/21/2008 10:39:09 AM

my neighbors would be so pissed when they got that first bill...

1/21/2008 11:49:15 PM

Haha, it's like they're trying to punish me for using netflix instant-viewing and HULU after cancelling their terrible cable tv service (4 defective DVR's, 1 week lost service from technician misreading adress on cut-off order, no refund of service for lost access.) It's like they won't be happy until I'm back with god damned bell south.

1/22/2008 12:22:50 AM