The Future Of Internet Usage

Posted by | June 14, 2008 17:48 | Filed under: Top Stories


The Internet was more fun when you had to know unix to navigate; when you it was a select group of people who knew about it and played with it.  Now, the government wants to get involved, and the telecoms want to charge you more for more usage.  How long before emails are no longer free?

Time Warner Cable, began a trial of “Internet metering” in one Texas city early this month, asking customers to select a monthly plan and pay surcharges when they exceed their bandwidth limit. The idea is that people who use the network more heavily should pay more, the way they do for water, electricity, or, in many cases, cellphone minutes.

That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.

AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. “Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,” the company said in a statement.

All three companies say that placing caps on broadband use will ensure fair access for all users.

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By: Alan

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