Welcome to Consumption-based Broadband
GigaOm Feb 04 09The all-you-can-eat broadband buffet appears to be at an end as ISPs implement caps and metered pricing for broadband services. The stated goal is network management, but the real reason is to cash in on the increasing value of the web despite being a dumb pipe. Today, Time Warner said it would expand its metered broadband [...] Full story...
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