[TriLUG] OT: URGENT: H.129 to be heard in Thursday's Finance Committee!

[William Chandler]

The base being $39.99 or whatever you already pay per month.  Then you only
get 5 GB/month.  If you want more you pay more.  There is no "cheap" bottom
rung.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Chris Merrill <chris at webperformance.com>wrote:

> I dunno, looking at the pricing, it looks very fair to me. It is not a cap,
> it is tiered pricing. If you use more, you pay more...just like
> electricity,
> water, food, gas.  What am I missing?
>
>
> On 3/14/2011 3:27 PM, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
> > How much would you like to bet that the caps are aimed at preventing the
> > downloading streaming media?
> >
> >> The cap is not for everyone and you will get a letter stating you are
> now
> >> metered.
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> On Mar 14, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Mark Turner <jmarkturner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello TriLUGers,
> >>>
> >>> Just yesterday, AT&T announced it would immediately cap it's U-Verse
> >>> users at 250 GB per month. Anyone going over that cap (NetFlix users,
> >>> for instance), will be socked with overage fees.
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Exclusive-ATT-To-Impose-150GB-DSL-Cap-Overages-113149
> >>>
> >>> This is what you can expect if H.129 passes and broadband competition
> is
> >>> eliminated in North Carolina. You can COUNT on it!
> >
>
>
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