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66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Tiered pricing for cable modem services? Not so fast... A couple of months ago, we wrote what we thought was a pretty convincing case for flat-rate services. After all, flat-rate services are the model that we've been accustomed to in that data world forever. You want a dedicated T1/E1 circuit, and you get your dedicated bandwidth. And as frame relay evolved, flat-rate pricing based on a committed information rate formed the basis of the pricing model. Time Warner Cable nixes bandwidth caps In the wake of a customer backlash, Time Warner Cable said today that it was shutting down bandwidth cap trials for its Internet services. Why Metered Broadband Would Work Maybe nobody else is sad that Time Warner Cable has (for now) abandoned its foray into consumption-based Internet service pricing, but I am. I was all set for the company to become the poster child net neutrality--a topic that is hard for many people to understand--and why it really matters. The time has come for equal prices for equal services Over the years, the phone companies have had two basic types of services - business and residential. For plain old telephone service (POTS), the difference was always pretty straightforward. If the service is listed under a business name, like "Distributed Networking Associates" in Steve's case, you had a business line and you paid the business rate. If you had just your own name listed, then you paid the residential rate. Open letter to President Obama: The nation's network infrastructure is too weak and insecure The odds are that you'll be receiving this newsletter within 24 hours of Barack Obama's inauguration as President of the United States, so we decided that it's time to make our voice heard by writing an open letter to the President about why the nation's current network infrastructure is outdated for the new Information Age and what needs to be done. We'll return next week to our discussion of IT initiatives that will be popular in 2009. The case for flat-rate services As we look at today's economic landscape, only one thing seems scarier than controlling expenses, and that is having unpredictable expenses. For that reason, we expect lots of services that have traditionally been usage based to be even more attractive if offered as a flat-rate service. Time Warner Changes - But Keeps - Bandwidth Caps Time Warner Cable decided it wanted to play with bandwidth capping, but after intense backlash from customers, the company has backed off its original plans. Time Warner to try tiered cable pricing Time Warner Cable will try selling consumers broadband service based on how much bandwidth they use, a move that could turn the home broadband pricing model in the U.S. on its head. Time Warner looks at traffic capping Way back in the mists of Internet time, 2000 to be exact, a new Web site called eMusic opened its doors. eMusic was amazing. It offered DRM-free music from a huge number of independent labels and even included lots of old recordings, for example, pretty much everything Bill Evans, the legendary jazz pianist, ever recorded. Broadband pricing: solutions that are orthogonal to any real problem Broadband pricing proposals by AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast to deal with Internet congestion fall short. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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