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Old 02-02-2008, 01:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sunken View Post
It seems that Time Warner is going to change their pricing structure from a flat rate to a consumption charge. This means if you use a lot of bandwidth, you will pay more. With the push for you to buy high speed access, it seems counterproductive to start this method of charging. If people can't stream content without paying extra (such as with Netflix's online movie service and YouTube), what is the point of having high speed access? A simple 1Mb connection will load most web pages.

Here is a link to the article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...0080117?rpc=92
Wow, that must suck...

Honestly, you are right, a simple 1Mb connection would load almost any web pages.

Unless you run servers at home, which I used to do.:D
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