Keep me informed if you get different specific information.

I went to Time Warner today and asked the lady at the front desk about getting RR back. She said the trial was gonna end but didn’t know when.

They did take off the TV Guide channel, and when called and asked about it, they said we could get it back for an extra 4 dollars a month. I know quite a few people who’ve switched to Direct TV.

I’m sure them ending the trial everywhere is just a way to shut everybody up and hope we forget while the they regroup.

TWC’s language stating that they still believe that consumption based billing is the way to go really scares me. I believe that TWC has always known that this would be a battle but they just didn’t expect such strong resistance and are regrouping and plotting their next move, possibly a nationwide movement. I’m only hopeful that there is a nationwide response at that time and that TWC and all other ISPs realize that caps are not good for business, PR, or anything except a nice money party idea that will never realize funds because they couldn’t brainwash enough consumers.

They’re probably tightening up their ranks in either event. I think as much as there are a lot of execs at TWC who obviously know this concept is deeply unpopular and correctly seen as the money grab it is, there are probably a few who are genuinely perplexed that there’s this much uproar about it. After all, we never get this enraged over the ridiculous yearly rate hikes. They seem to be quite confused that we’re fighting back on this issue, like the expectation was that anyone who was annoyed by the new policy would just grumble a little bit and move on.

About the only reason I can see for TWC to drop the cap in Beaumont would be if they expected the ongoing use of capped broadband there to represent some sort of threat to their future plans. Or to use a warfare analogy, they’re pulling back their advance units in the face of an uncertain response. That response would certainly have to be legislative, which means we have to keep our representatives motivated on this issue. If TWC is hedging their bets against a regulatory blitz that stymies this plan for the future, they must have reason to believe it could happen–so let’s make sure it does. The pressure ought to be on them to adapt to the needs of consumers, not vice-versa.