The protest against Time Warner in Rochester on April 18th attracted approximately 30 people, which was significant for an event many people assumed was canceled after Time Warner shelved their cap program temporarily 48 hours earlier.  But the point needed to be made that many people in our community don’t believe Time Warner has actually scrapped anything.  They’ll be back with the same kind of tiering program by the fall, trying to convince people that paying a lot more for the same thing is a good idea.

We finally will get completely caught up on the Time Warner news video later this afternoon.

North Carolina! There will be some significant activity forthcoming early next week. I need everyone from that state visiting here regularly for important updates and action you will want to take. If you have some time next Wednesday, have I got a road trip idea for you! More details coming….

If all goes according to plan, we’ll have an all-new look by Monday which should make navigation here, and finding things, extraordinarily easier.

I am on the phone and on the road for a lot of today. If you are looking for something to do, be sure and check out the exaflood article from yesterday, and the comments thread, where you can debate a Nemertes representative on their latest Internet “brownout” findings. I welcome the back and forth.

The Triad protestors were smaller in number, but still effectively made the news on several stations in the area.

Time Warner’s latest statement indicated the “company was actively working on [pricing] that would meet everyone’s needs.”  Of course, they already have a range of packages which meet the overwhelming majority of customers’ needs.  The problem is, light users aren’t being sold Road Runner Lite, which is available and less expensive than standard Road Runner service.  Another safe bet is asking people to pay triple the price they pay now for their existing service is not meeting anyone’s needs, except the bean counters at Time Warner headquarters.

Amusing in some of the informality, such as when the anchor asked people to call her up and explain what a “gigabyte was.”  Many customers are in the same position, not having a clue.  The sad part of this, of course, is that Time Warner wants to force them to learn, and had punitive tiers with substantial overlimit fees to spank those who didn’t learn enough.  It’s a plan designed to make you fear how much you are using, with the hope that you will use substantially less to avoid going over your “ration” for the month. April 18, 2009