Monday, April 20, 2009

As Costs Fall, Companies Push to Raise Internet Price

It was big mistake handing over the net to providers such as these. If US providers want to start ripping off their customers and turn the net into cable TV, they need to come up here to Canada and learn from Rogers and the CRTC, who fuck over customers on a regular basis. Of course it helps when the so called consumer protection agency is in the pocket of corporations.

It's easy here. Just make an outrageous change (DNS redirecting anyone?) and sit back. Customer anger means little, as no government agency will step in.

Internet service providers want to end the all-you-can-eat plans and get their customers paying à la carte.

But they are having a hard time closing the buffet line.

Faced with rising consumer protest and calls from members of Congress for new regulations, Time Warner Cable backed down last week from a plan to impose new fees on heavy users of its Road Runner Internet service.


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