Get ready to pay extra for going over your "internet allowance"
source: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080602/tec_time_warner_cable_internet.html?.v=4
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You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance?
Time Warner Cable Inc. customers -- and, later, others -- may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is successful. On Thursday, new Time Warner Cable Internet subscribers in Beaumont, Texas, will have monthly allowances for the amount of data they upload and download.
...Metered billing is an attempt to deal fairly with Internet usage, says a Time Warner exec...
...subscribers will be able to check out their data consumption on a "gas gauge" on the company's Web page...
Time Warner Cable Inc. customers -- and, later, others -- may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is successful. On Thursday, new Time Warner Cable Internet subscribers in Beaumont, Texas, will have monthly allowances for the amount of data they upload and download.
...Metered billing is an attempt to deal fairly with Internet usage, says a Time Warner exec...
...subscribers will be able to check out their data consumption on a "gas gauge" on the company's Web page...
