# Time Warner Metered Internet **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465 "2008-06-03T11:14:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/1 "2008-06-03T11:14:48Z")
[http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/03/warner-trials-metering-cable](http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/03/warner-trials-metering-cable) > Time Warner will offer at least two tiers of Internet service during its trial. The lowest tier will cost $29.95 a month for 768 kbps downstream speed and a 5GB monthly quota, and the highest tier will cost $54.90 per month for fast 15 Mbps downstream speed and a 40GB quota. > > The company apparently didn’t mention the upstream data rates its metered Internet tiers will provide, likely because upstream data rates are typically slow on cable broadband networks because those networks were originally optimised for delivering downstream video feeds… > > …But users of Internet P2P applications and streaming data services will need to pay attention, should they consider buying Time Warner’s metered Internet service. A gigabyte is only couple of hundred MP3 music tracks, fewer if they’re encoded at higher definition. A normal movie in standard definition is more than a gigabyte of data, and a single high definition movie might be up to six or eight gigabytes of data. > > …But Time Warner’s metered Internet service will likely drive away high volume broadband users, who’ll probably prefer to pay for flat-rate DSL service that isn’t metered, capped or surcharged. But then, that’s perhaps Time Warner’s real objective anyway. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/2 "2008-06-03T11:18:00Z")
I pay $25 a month for their 756kbps down right now and it’s unlimited… they better not raise rates and get too creative or I’ll have no reason to keep them. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/3 "2008-06-03T11:20:10Z")
I have no reason to keep them as soon as FIOS moves in the neighborhood, and this is just another reason to say goodbye! ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/4 "2008-06-03T11:21:11Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > I have no reason to keep them as soon as FIOS moves in the neighborhood, and this is just another reason to say goodbye! qft ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/5 "2008-06-03T11:21:35Z")
> [@SkunkApe](#): > > qft qfgat ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/6 "2008-06-03T11:21:43Z")
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43972&highlight=time+warner+metered](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43972&highlight=time+warner+metered) ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/7 "2008-06-03T11:27:20Z")
ISPs are lazy they could implement QoS to rate limit P2P ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/8 "2008-06-03T11:28:27Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > ISPs are lazy they could implement QoS to rate limit P2P nah… they’re aware of that… they just know better than to piss off the hand that feeds them. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/9 "2008-06-03T11:29:43Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT"](#): > > [http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/03/warner-trials-metering-cable](http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/03/warner-trials-metering-cable) welcome to last week 😛 it will never go over, and by the time it comes here, FIOS will be installed at my place. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/10 "2008-06-03T11:31:01Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > welcome to last week 😛 > > it will never go over, and by the time it comes here, FIOS will be installed at my place. makes no matter to me, I have SLOOOOOOOOW DSL and FiOS is not anywhere in sight. Goddamn Verizon. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/11 "2008-06-03T11:31:52Z")
FiOs krue checque IN! ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/12 "2008-06-03T11:32:25Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > welcome to last week 😛 > > it will never go over, and by the time it comes here, FIOS will be installed at my place. Don’t you have Lego Indiana Jones to download or something? :squint: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/13 "2008-06-03T11:33:01Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > makes no matter to me, I have SLOOOOOOOOW DSL and FiOS is not anywhere in sight. Goddamn Verizon. yeah fios isnt coming to me anytime soon either i dont think, im sick of checking the site, and they’re customer service people are retards. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/14 "2008-06-03T11:33:35Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > Don’t you have Lego Indiana Jones to download or something? :squint: no im still playing star wars lego, no need to get another shitty lego game 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/15 "2008-06-03T11:34:42Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > yeah fios isnt coming to me anytime soon either i dont think, im sick of checking the site, and they’re customer service people are retards. I live down the road from a Verizon CO. I want to head down to the office and be like, “Ok, seriously, WTF is wrong with you people, I’ll hang the fiber to my house myself.” ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/16 "2008-06-03T12:07:32Z")
Nothing to worry about, each TW division runs their own ship as of now. Even rochester and buffalo are run quite differently. We will not see this. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/17 "2008-06-03T12:48:50Z")
I dunno. Fios is available but I’m not getting it. Roadrunner lite is cheaper and all I do is browse so I didn’t feel any change when I downgraded from standard roadrunner to the slower cheaper version. :shrug: FIOS TV was just approved in Tonawanda so we’ll see what sort of package deal they offer… ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/18 "2008-06-03T15:09:06Z")
> [@jabbu](#): > > Nothing to worry about, each TW division runs their own ship as of now. Even rochester and buffalo are run quite differently. We will not see this. +1 Not like it would affect you guys anyways. Most of you think you download a lot and abuse it, but I can assure you that you are far from it, even you Kevin 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/19 "2008-06-03T15:11:20Z")
lol i dont abuse anything ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-warner-metered-internet/49465/20 "2008-06-03T16:05:53Z")
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