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

[William Chandler]

Disregard my previous statement.  I read that in reference to Time Warner
having tiered pricing, not AT&T's current proposal.

Woops...


On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:39 PM, William Chandler <wcchandler at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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