metered broadband

Consumers Wary of Metered Plans

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:49:47 -0400

Full article: Politico
Eliza Krigman
As broadband providers scrap unlimited data plans in favor of pricing based on consumption, the FCC is under growing pressure to decipher whether Internet service providers are reasonably managing their networks -- or snuffing out competitors like Netflix. It's a problem partly of the FCC's own making -- and one lawmakers could soon hear about.

Time Warner Cable CEO Still Dreams of Meters

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:24:57 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
It has been a few years since Time Warner Cable's attempt to impose low caps and high overages ran into severe backlash from consumers, forcing the second largest cable company to scrap the effort. Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt however still dreams of a day where consumers will let him implement his pricing vision, even if the only justification for such pricing is TV turf protection, the creation of artificial scarcity and higher rates.

2-5 Percent of Your Bill Actually Goes to Bandwidth

Stevie Converse — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:08:24 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Somewhere between 2-5 percent of your monthly broadband bill actually goes to bandwidth. While costs drop and revenues rise, actual re-investment back into the network continues to shrink. In short, the broadband sky is not falling, and again -- there's absolutely zero real financial reason (outside of TV revenue protection and greed) to shift the U.S. from a flat-rate to a per byte overage pricing model.

FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:28:44 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
Outlining his Net Neutrality proposal, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said, "Our work has also demonstrated the importance of business innovation to promote network investment and efficient use of networks, including measures to match price to cost such as usage-based pricing." Yes, wireless networks already employ usage-based pricing, but wireline has been all you can eat, or more recently capped. That could now change.

AT&T CEO: Telecoms Continue Move Towards Metered Internet

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:53:12 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Mark Milian
Moving to an metered Internet model like gas or water utilities could mean more conservative usage and less innovation. Now, from a living room, anyone can be a video or radio broadcaster. Perhaps that won't be the case if producers have to pay for every byte they put out.

Comcast Expanding Broadband Meter Trials

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:11:16 -0500

Full article: Light Reading
Jeff Baumgartner
Comcast must be happy with the results of field tests of its Internet usage meter, because it's bringing the broadband bit counter to several more markets. A Comcast spokeswoman confirmed that the MSO expanded the pilot to some Seattle customers in January and expects to add parts of Conn., N.H., Mass., Minn., and Texas by the end of February

Republican FCC Commissioners Love Metered Broadband

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:44:19 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Speaking almost in lock sync with the nation's largest wireless carriers, the FCC's Republican commissioners, Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker, pushed hard for usage-based wireless pricing. McDowell insisted that "pricing freedom is essential," and that flat-rate pricing "could lead to gridlock."

Why Metered Broadband Won't Last

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:45:12 -0400

Full article: Telephony Online
Ed Gubbins
When Verizon's chief technology officer recently predicted an end to flat-rate broadband, many in the industry saw it as a late entry into the general consensus. After all, the combination of runaway consumer bandwidth demand and meager service provider revenue growth is unsustainable, right? Not everyone agrees.

Comcast's Consumer Usage Meter Still in the Labs

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:54:28 -0400

Full article: CNet
Josh Lowensohn
Comcast's Web-based broadband meter, which was rumored to be released back in January, is still not available to consumers. According to a Comcast representative, it's still not ready for prime time, and is undergoing further employee trials before being released to the public.

CableOne Raises Speeds, Tinkers with Caps

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:48:24 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
CableOne, the cable provider infamous for its noon-to-midnight caps, has raised its residential speeds and reworked its capping policy. On the good news side, their business tiers are ostensibly cap-free now. The good news, however, ends there.