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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Bulletin: Time Warner Reportedly to "Shelve"
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Bulletin: Time Warner Reportedly to "Shelve" Bandwidth Cap Plans
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000548.html
Greetings. In an extremely brief item that moved this afternoon, AP
has reported that "following mounting public and political outcry,"
Time Warner Cable is "shelving" plans for capped/metered Internet use.
( http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/16/business/AP-TEC-Metered-Internet.html )
The article also suggests that this "capitulation" bodes ill for
future efforts of this sort.
Obviously, there will be a great deal more to say about this story as
details become available, and the reactions of other ISPs who have
implemented or have been moving toward bandwidth caps (including
Comcast, AT&T, etc.) will be interesting to observe. The related
implications could potentially impact literally every aspect of
Internet use.
Will I need to revise "'Once Upon a Time' (Understanding Bandwidth
Caps)" ( http://www.nnsquad.org/bandwidth-caps.html ) to provide a
happy ending after all? It's still really too early to know. But
today's development is certainly quite fascinating.
There's an old slogan that goes "Power to the people!" Perhaps in the
context of the Internet, "Bandwidth for the people!" should be a new
rallying cry.
Stay tuned.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: LW1
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