[TriLUG] OT - TWC bandwidth caps - Earthlink

[Carl Crider]

All I know is that whatever happens, the Earthlink customer [me] will be
paying $5-10
less per month for broadband . As I have for the last 8 years.

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right, I realize they are both separate entities.
>
> But, if earthlink is on TWC's infrastructure, then Earthlink must be paying
> TWC for their network right? so, wouldn't TWC charge earthlink more or
> quite
> possibly some metered system like TWC will to its customers?  thus causing
> EL to hand the cost down to EL customers?
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mark Turner <jmarkturner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If TWC's move costs it customers (which it will) don't expect its
> > competitors to follow suit.
> >
> > Earthlink is an independent ISP. I don't know if a TWC move to metering
> > would affect EL customers but I imagine some serious antitrust issues
> > would arise if TWC forced it on EL.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Jason Watts wrote:
> > > how is that going to work out??
> > >
> > > is Earthlink going to just suck of the cost that its users are
> creating??
> > >
> > > if TWC goes, I would put money that all other local cable providers on
> > the
> > > TWC infrastructure will likely go the same route.
> > >
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