When Richard Tallent moved to a new home in Beaumont, Texas, he had one concern on his mind: signing up for Net service as soon as possible. instance Warner Cable, the local provider, had imposed a 5-gigabyte usage limit for its new customers.

Tallent, a programmer and photographer who frequently uploads large photographs, slipped in under the deadline with two days to spare. whether he had not, he would have had to pay $1 for every additional gigabyte he

What instance Warner is experimenting with in Beaumont may very well be the way phone companies and cable TV companies sell Web service in the near future. The company thinks it is not fair for the average users to subsidize the heavy users.

The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to forbid a plan by Comcast, a major U.S. provider, for slowing the service of its most voracious customers. (Comcast […]

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