Comments on: Time Warner Money Party – Adding Insult to Injury

By: DENNIS TEEL

DENNIS TEEL — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:42:49 +0000

after reading the article and the posts,i believe i’m ready now to switch internet providers.i’ll continue with twc’s digital cable service but i’ll drop the high speed internet service and i plan to send them an email telling them exactly why!! this is an outrage!! twc seems to think that lining their pockets with loot is more important than the satisfaction of their customers, i thought that nothing could rile me worse than washington politics.well,TWC has proven me wrong!!

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:30:00 +0000

I also am trying to get past the rage to figure out the next step. It is very clear to me now; my only option is to stand by my principles and boycott TWC if and when they impose bandwidth caps. I have also been extremely successful in convincing my friends and family to do the same. I have yet to meet anyone who supports TWC’s drive to implement bandwidth caps. So the bottom line is BANDWIDTH CAPS = LOSS OF REVENUE FOR TWC.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:56:33 +0000

Well, I’m in Austin (technically Cedar Park, just outside) and now that my rage has worn off I’m trying to figure out what to do next. The only other option I have in my area is ATT and when talking with them I’m only able to get their Pro plan (3.0 down) which I don’t feel is quite good enough for the video streaming that I do occasionally. Uverse is all around me but they quite haven’t gotten into our neighborhood. Part of me wants to say screw it and just go with ATT and just give up the streaming but part of me says to keep writing and calling everyone that would listen to keep them from going through with this. I even had a silly moment and thought if people can send things to try to save tv shows why not have everyone send in bottle caps with the word no written on them so that they might get the point. Frustrating!

By: Angus

Angus — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:19:04 +0000

Like others, I was taking a wait and see hoping that TW would come to their senses. But, this seals the deal; I’ve just signed up with Frontier. Hopefully in the first 30 days service will prove adequate for my needs and I won’t have to cancel DSL to stick with TWC (even if I do need to cancel DSL, I’ll give ClearWire a chance before sticking with TWC).

By: German John

German John — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:06:23 +0000

This IS the best idea yet,

Send a letter to All the services you are using, Google(you-tube) internet merchants, TV and radio stations, newspaper, Shopping channel (even if you have no use for them introduce yourself as potential shopper to QVC and others), Write MS and tell them you will have to change from the MS products to others that require less extensive updates, tell them sorry but you can’t use the services anymore in the future as the available band-with will be limited by TW and you will need to use the BW for other uses (kids schoolwork, work, whatever).

This will put additional pressure on them from the outside..this can only be accomplished if ALL of us write ..do it now

John

By: John P.

John P. — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:18:33 +0000

The Ars Technica link in this article is wrong. The author is citing this article:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-price-gouging-premiums-of-time-warner-cables-data-caps.ars
but links to the first AT article on the issue.

By: Phillip Dampier

Phillip Dampier — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:31:42 +0000

Not for broadband. Their costs decreased AND their profits increased. The only loss they incurred was a loss of interest in spending some of those profits on infrastructure improvements.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:50:20 +0000

Time Warner’s CEO must want to break last year’s income. 21.5 Million was not enough. Please empty your pocketbooks.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/APTime-Warner-CEO-awarded-apf-14886943.html

By: Jeffrey_Bays

Jeffrey_Bays — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:20:37 +0000

The likely hood of them delivering this in Rochester any time soon is zero. They don’t have a problem with network capacity here. Their test is merely a pricing test. Only markets that may face competition from other cable providers or high speed providers will get this upgrade any time soon.

By: Jeffrey_Bays

Jeffrey_Bays — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:16:56 +0000

I would like to see a public a chalenge like this.

We respect your right to “test” this priicing. To ensure accuracy of the “test” pleases keep competition in the market when the test is performed. Those customers on earthlink and AOL should remain on the unlimited plan. We understand that they are essentialy on the same RR network, but this “test” is not about network performance, rather a pricing test. Those that want to pay for the tiered pricing will provide accurate data. Those that do not want to change will provide accurate data as well.