As posted on the forums here as well as other places.

So then, I've been online a lot recently. I mean a hell of a lot. In doing so you usually come across random bits of news. My cousin and I have both been following a particular story where our ISP is basically trying to charge us an extra arm and leg just because we put our internet to use.

Basically, Time Warner Cable, as well as a number of other are running 'tests' to see how well this price hike goes over with the public. Hopefully it won't go well at all. I personally am making a number of posts like this where appropriate to make sure this is well known about.

This price hike bases the price of your internet on usage. Pick a plan, don't go over the cap of what you're allowed to download/upload, and you get your bill as you expect. However, for every gig you go over, you get charged a dollar extra, and possibly add tax. The main saving grace in that is they will only charge you up to $75 extra. Now the bandwidth caps currently being talked about are 5, 10, 20, and 40 GB caps. Prices ranging from $29.95 - $75.

So, normal internet bill for me and my cousin is about $40 right now. However, at that price we would have a cap of 10 or 20 GB. Due to online gaming, downloading patches, constant updates, and streaming TV shows on Hulu, mine and his combined usage is over 200 GB a month. So even if we got the max 40 GB cap, we would still be getting charged the extra $75, bringing out monthly internet bill to $150.

So, due to this price hike, I as well as many other online gamers may have to say bye bye to their internet just to avoid having to pay that much. It's pretty ridiculous. So, who knows when I'll be back online once such happens.

Now, atop this that is going to hurt a lot of business. The online gaming community will lose a large number of people who just can't afford, or refuse to pay the outrageous sum it would take for the internet to do such. This means Anyone who charges money for people to play their games online, will be losing a decent amount of income. Great way to help the economy Time Warner! Let's list off a few why don't we? WoW (Blizzard), Xbox Live (Microsoft), Lord of the Rings Online (Turbine), and countless other games people pay to play online. Even if the people don't stop their internet, they are gonna have to cut costs somewhere. So either way still in danger of losing a lot of business.

Now, while I can understand the reasoning behind their price increase, what I can't understand is how they think it is a good idea. Sure, increase price to cover losses. However people are used to being able to use their internet as much as they want for what they are paying. Don't try to screw us over.

With that all being said I leave the topic open for discussion, and let's see how things go about on here with such. Oh, and a few source links at the bottom.

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