Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
MY BANDWIDTH IS UNLIMITED ON MY PLAN.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Why is it ridiculous? I don't like it either, but it's no different from what the hosting companies do right now. You don't get free, unlimited bandwidth on a webhost. You pay for a certain amount each month and if you go over, you're billed for it.
I'm betting this won't last long anyway. With Verizon rolling out FiOS and Wireless ISPs becoming more prevalent, people will just switch to something that has no limits. Once they do that, TW will just remove the tiered packaging.
As the article says, at least they're being fully open about what they're doing and offering different packages. A lot of ISPs simply cap the bandwidth and don't tell you where the cap is at. You pretty much have to figure it out yourself based on when they slow you down.
Originally posted by: ferris209
Your link ain't working, you got http: twice.
Anyhow, I heard about this and it ought to be outlawed. It is ridiculous.
Your link ain't working, you got http: twice.
Anyhow, I heard about this and it ought to be outlawed. It is ridiculous.
Why is it ridiculous? I don't like it either, but it's no different from what the hosting companies do right now. You don't get free, unlimited bandwidth on a webhost. You pay for a certain amount each month and if you go over, you're billed for it.
I'm betting this won't last long anyway. With Verizon rolling out FiOS and Wireless ISPs becoming more prevalent, people will just switch to something that has no limits. Once they do that, TW will just remove the tiered packaging.
As the article says, at least they're being fully open about what they're doing and offering different packages. A lot of ISPs simply cap the bandwidth and don't tell you where the cap is at. You pretty much have to figure it out yourself based on when they slow you down.
MY BANDWIDTH IS UNLIMITED ON MY PLAN.
Yeah, that might be what they told you and what they advertised, but that's not what the TOS says. You can argue about it all day, but it's not going to get you anything but disconnected. "Unlimited" except that you can't run a server and if you start impacting other users ability to surf they'll disconnect your ass. Unlimited is not unlimited in the ISPs eyes. Unlimited is "use it as much as you want until it starts impacting service to other people".