# RoadRunner going to METERED billing...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012 "2008-01-17T16:43:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/61 "2008-01-19T11:47:23Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
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> TW is junk
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> but it sure was fun uncapping my modem 🙂
I’m not quite sure what you mean. The modem is capped by the bootfile we give you through billing, there is no way to uncap that simply because its a queued file that is unchangeable.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/62 "2008-01-19T11:55:52Z")
I know it’s just in trials but even on the Buffalo network we don’t use anything to monitor individual bandwith, just individual CMTS’.
(Sorry Kevin, so I can’t track how much ish you download 😉 )
This won’t go live ever.
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### Author:  [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/63 "2008-01-19T12:53:04Z")
FIOS\>\*
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/64 "2008-01-19T12:59:26Z")
It just wont work in a market like Buffalo, there are too many competitors.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/65 "2008-01-19T15:54:17Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
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> umm, no steve.
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> its all stealth.
> 🙂
really? back when I had TW internet, I looked into uncapping the modem, and I thought I read that alot of people got caught doing it… maybe I’m going crazy or something lol
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/66 "2008-01-19T18:50:43Z")
> [@FightinMike](#):
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> It just wont work in a market like Buffalo, there are too many competitors.
time warner, and verizon?
Its not like we have dslxtreme here or anything.
Our internet choices are very very restrictive here.
Time warner is a complete ripoff.
I’ll stick with my 29 dollar dsl.
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roadrunner-going-to-metered-billing/42012/67 "2008-01-19T21:28:36Z")
Even just one competitor is enough. There are still markets where broadband providers have a complete monopoly.
TW does it here, everyone jumps ship to FIOS, or DSL if they dont need high-end broadband. With Sprint and Verizon offering decent broadband wireless, they’re becoming a viable option as well (my Dad’s gf just went to Verizon wirelesss and loves it) Hell, people like my parents could go back down to 56k and never know the difference.
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