I play waaaay too much COD4 online... I'd be scared to see what my "usage bill" would be.

were screw.....................big time

This will definitely hurt the whole Digital Download movement and definitely prolong that from becoming a reality. But it also means casual users will get lower rates.

This might be good to slow down piracy but these cable companies still bully customers like no tommorow.

man i hope you guys protest this shyt .cuz if they do this i'm not paying for it anymore .the flat out rate is already high.wtf is going on,now they want more money .UCK THAT SHYT YO ...BOYCOTT TIMEWARER.....BOYCOTT

good bye Time Warner....hello Everest!!!!

Well if you are going to charge for usage then lets do the same thing for the TV channels. I know everyone here probably does not watch 80% of the channels provided from their cable company. Lets get an 80% discount then, remember it is about usage and I don't want the channels that were forced on me in the package. Let me pick and choose my channels ....@$$es

That would suck big time. Hopefully people will b1tch them out enough to kill this lame idea early.

DD to me would work if i pay "X" amount a month and get unlimited downloads. Otherwise, no thanks, i wanna be able to take movies over to friends, watch on different devices, and i dont want to wait for downlaods.

for those who keep their systems on all the time to stream from. I feel bad for those who would be affected by this but it might prompt them to be not only service conscience but also power conscience as well.

I use dsl from at&t and even though it is always on, my systems aren't so in that respect I wouldnt be charged for service provided there isnt any activity on the circuit.

Wow...I pay 45 bucks a month for my 6meg cable connection, and I will IMMEDIATELY switch to another company if they go through with this.

When verizon fios becomes nationwide they are all gonna be screwed up the ass

Dont they already do this in the uk and europe...this can start the way for more companys trying this nonsense...

If they want to make some real money off downloads they need to setup a download directory that contains hyperlinks to downloaded files all conveniently grouped by account holder name. Then they charge astronomical premiums for unlisted accounts based on the salaciousness of downloaded content. Skies the limit then boys, because no one wants to explain to their wife how they accidentally managed to download 429 gay pornos last month.

I work for Time Warner. I doubt this will catch on. Even so im employee discounted :).

I have downloaded 167.9 GB of stuff in the last 2 month..I could only imagine how much they would charge me for my usage...

i'd go elsewhere if TW did that

Then tell me exactly what the hell happens when these a$$bags let viruses get into their network and people start getting their bandwidth thrashed??? Who the hell will get the bill then??? This isn't about making money...they already do that...this is about them wanting to make MORE money...GREED.

I'm sure there'd be a program that blocked your usage though. Hackers will find a way I'm sure.

I say hello Verizon Fios

It appears most people don't have to experience this when this was the normal practice. Back in '93 when I bought my first computer...a P100. Majority of all the internet providers had a base rate for so many hours spent online. If you exceeded that you would have to pay per hour. Trust me, you were getting no where fast with a 28.8k modem.

Someone above said they pay $45 for 6meg connection. I would love to have that price. Here in Guam for a stinking 3.5meg connection costs $69 dollars per month and that is on special. In March its going up to $99 per month.

DD wouldn't be a viable solution til at least the ps5 or xbox1080 era due to NA's infrastructure being woefully inadequate and a couple of other factors. Well, one of those "other factors" was actually made publicly known now. I, too, work for TWC and heard rumblings from higher-ups and trade mags about this possible trial. I'm just suprised they chose such a small test area. But a greedy company wanting bigger profits doesn't.
For those of you who have had TWC for a few years - you'll remember when we used Motorola modems instead of Toshiba ones (now we use Scientific Atlanta). We switched only because the Toshiba ones were cheaper AND could be capped. Why do you think the Turbo package was introduced last year for residential constumers? It was to get ppl to pay $10 bucks more for bandwith they originally had! Sure, it sucks but the worst is yet to come. If it's successful do you really think the whole industry wont adopt the new plan?

Why don't they make two monthly plan? One for casual users with limited usage with a low price. And one for us, the hardcore users at the current price.

The 7+ million customers here in Texas @ $50.00/month = $350,000,000,000. I say its about money. Multiply that for a whole year, and were talking big bucks. Thats just for internet, not including standard, and digital cable tv feeds.