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In article <485a7e1f$0$17160$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
 Dane Jasper <dane@sonic.net> wrote:

> In ba.internet John Higdon <HisRoyalRadioHigness@kome.com> wrote:
> : Cap primary connections at 5GB/month? A lot of people are going to be 
> : hurting, big time.
> 
> I don't think ANY carriers are talking about caps that low for wireline
> service.  I've seen numbers between 150 Gigs/mo and 500 Gigs/mo in
> discussion from different carriers.

Time Warner is trying that out right now, in Beaumont, Texas:

<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwm8wu3jZWZLcKfIlycqFqFegknwD9126HN8A
>

> Time Warner Cable had said in January that it was planning to conduct the 
> trial in Beaumont, but did not give any details. On Monday, Leddy said its 
> tiers will range from $29.95 a month for relatively slow service at 768 
> kilobits per second and a 5-gigabyte monthly cap to $54.90 per month for fast 
> downloads at 15 megabits per second and a 40-gigabyte cap. Those prices cover 
> the Internet portion of subscription bundles that include video or phone 
> services. Both downloads and uploads will count toward the monthly cap.


Steve

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