Yes, it's true that it's limited in the UK. But there's a lot of competition between providers, which I understand is not the case in the US - or in Canada. Or at least there was a lot of competition last time I looked. Hundreds of independent local companies. Elbows would probably know more and confirm or deny this...
On 10-Apr-09, at 2:09 PM, Jay dedman wrote: > I mentioned this in another thread, but I think it's important enough > to repost here. In the US, the major broadband providers are planning > to ending "unlimited" packages and start charging for broadband. > Time/Warner is the test case. See below. > > I've heard that limiting bandwidth is common in Europe (true?), but > this is new behavior in the US where broadband providers have now > consolidated into just 4 major corporations that now control internet > access in most regions. > > As private companies, they can do what they want. Customers now must > start making a choice of who they want to support. > > Jay > > > > __________________________________ > > Rep. Eric Massa was outspoken in his opposition to Time Warner Cable’s > plan, calling it a monopolistic move to penalize robust Net users and > “stagnate the 21st Century technology needed to rebuild America.” > > What really happening is TWC is unfairly trying to protect its cable > TV profits from people switching over to online video. By making it > prohibitively expensive for their 8.4 million customers to do much > more than email and basic Web surfing, they hope to kill Internet > video before it’s any more popular. > > We’re going out to our 500,000 activists asking other members of > Congress to join Massa and call for a thorough investigation of these > ant-competitive practices. > > Making Time Warner the Internet’s evil poster child is particularly > urgent now. Other cable and phone providers (including AT&T, Charter, > Cox and Comcast) are watching TWC’s trial balloon with plans to > implement their own anti-video pricing schemes. > > The outreach is below. Here’s the presser: > http://www.freepress.net/node/56030 > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
