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Greensboro, North Carolina
If you are in the Greensboro area, please consider attending a peaceful public protest against unwarranted usage caps this Saturday. The event runs at the same time the Rochester protest will take place.
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Time Warner Cable
Street: 1813 Spring Garden St
City/Town: Greensboro, NC
Whether or not you can attend, please also consider contacting your congressmen and protest the outrageous rate increase this represents:
Congressman Brad Miller (336) 574-2909
Congressman Howard Coble (336) 333-5005
The Greensboro City Council should also hear from you on this issue.
You can obtain additional information on this protest event on Facebook.
I will be there and here is a report from WGHP.
[quote]Protest Over Tiered Internet Pricing Planned for Saturday
Staff Writer
April 15, 2009
Customers upset with Time Warner Cable’s plan to test a new Internet pricing system in Greensboro are staging a protest Saturday at the company’s office on Spring Garden St.
Time Warner plans to begin testing a new tiered pricing plan for Internet users in August. The plan would charge customers based on how many gigabytes of bandwidth they use each month.
The company says the pricing change is an attempt to keep up with the growing demand for online video, movies and music.
The protest runs from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Organizers are using Facebook and Craigslist to gain support and spread word.
Melissa Buscher, a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable, said customers do not have to protest in order to get the company’s attention. Buscher said Time Warner is “having ongoing conversations with (their) customers and (the company is) modifying the plan to meet customers’ needs.” [/quote]
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-internet-protest-090415,0,7146714.story
Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong answer. “…modifying the plan…”
Correct answer: “…ending the plan…”
How is bad PR having a “conversation” with customers?
As is the case here, it’s a one way conversation. You pick up what they put down. Alex over on his Twitter channel seems to be gradually moving more and more to just coming out and saying it himself.
They are not interested in your opinion on this issue, because they would have ended the experiment last week if they were actually listening to what customers want.
I will be there. I just hope a lot of people show up.
GFY (good for you) Time Warner!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nocap/petition.html
Sign this petition, it may help.