FWIW, Timewarner tabled their plans for metered broadband on the 16th, after this article was published.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2009/04/16/internet-users-roar-cable-giant-blinks/ Lonnie, look harder. You most certainly are not limited to only two providers in Austin, I can assure you there are at least a dozen locally owned internet providers, at least a half dozen larger CLECs, and likely a handful of fixed wireless providers that can also provide a broadband quality service. Look around, find a locally owned ISP that has a good reputation, and support them. You'll be happy you did when things like this happen. Tyler Booth // President ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 Portland OR 97205 On Apr 24, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Lonnie Wormley wrote: > > Thanks for posting this link. I live in Austin and I have been > following > this story for a few months. Fortunately some areas of Austin have > two > choices for Cable and Internet, Time Warner (TW) and AT&T. I spent the > last two years looking for a home and I hate to tell you that Internet > and cable providers played an important role in where I looked. the > home that I chose has AT&T fiber and TW cable. I have not decided > which > one to use yet but I do have a limited choice. > > Austin is very tech savvy like Portland so this is why TW is trying to > take Austin out first so that resistance will be futile for the other > less techie towns. There is a resistance movement her in Texas that is > fighting TW. > > Keep up the good work. > > Lonnie the lurker > > > Michael Weinberg wrote: >> MacWorld has a cogent critique of Time Warner's plans for metered >> broadband access: >> http://www.macworld.com/article/140032/2009/04/costliercablefromtimewarner.html >> >> The gist of the article is that TW is using metered access to >> create a >> status quo where it is too costly to get Entertainment content over >> the Internet, so they can maintain their monopolies, not on fast >> Internet access, but on content delivery to the home. >> >> I think that the best salve for the current situation is to build >> open >> access networks, ideally fiber networks, that exist to encourage >> competition and aim to deliver the services that the public wants, at >> prices that are fair to both the customer and the service provider. >> >> Even if you don't agree with me about fiber, this article is a good >> read to remind us why community networks have value, in whatever form >> they may take. >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
