Comment Re:Only 40Gb/month? (Score 1) 394
See, thats what drives me nuts. You are willing to drive your friends and family to slower services that cost the same or more - why? Because all you selfish, self centered heavy users that are performing illegal downloads or running a business at home. Hey, that's what business class is for! No caps there, you cheap SOB! You are leading the 95% of users that don't approach these numbers like cattle. Hope you feel good, you myopic peabrain.
And for those of us that might actually reach towards 40GB of data a month legitimately? It's time to pay the piper. Should it be okay that I pay $35 for broadband and get all my movies and television content while the rest of America actually pays for it? I'm not saying it's not okay to save a buck, but paying maybe $15 or $20 more a month is absolutely worth it.
And why do you think Netflix and Hulu and Vonage are so cheap (or free)? They don't keep the show running! If you call Vonage because you have packet loss, who do they tell you to call? If Hulu has been taking forever lately, who do you call and complain to? And who shows up at your door without charging you anything for it? TWC!
Obviously this will lead to more usage of VOD services from the cable providers and perhaps less cable subscriptions to be cancelled - but since when do we get to tell private companies not protect their backsides - and to not generate revenue to keep the show going. As long as I have another source of access to the www (DSL; all types), or another provider of television content (satellite) then I am not in a monopoly area. If in fact crave the speed of true broadband - then I'll pay for it.