Tag archive: Beaumont

After howls of consumer protest, Time Warner Cable has—at least for the moment—scrapped plans to place caps on the amount of bandwidth its broadband Internet customers can use, and charge for any overages during a given billing period. “It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about our plans,” said Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt, in a statement.… Read More

In a surprise move, cable operator Comcast has reversed it's controversial policy of filtering some types of network activity—like BitTorrent and other P2P file-sharing programs—in the name of "network management." According to a company statement, Comcast will treat all types of Internet traffic equally and adopt a new set of network and traffic management tools that don't discriminate between different… Read More

Heavy downloaders beware, the days of pulling down unlimited movies, music and other content through your cable connection may be numbered. According to Reuters, Time Warner will soon experiment with a new bandwidth-capped method of dispensing Internet access, in which users who exceed their monthly allotments may be hit by fees for every extra gigabyte. The company will test the new metered Internet access in Beaumont, Texas, to gauge… Read More

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been very active in filing suits and claiming damages on behalf of its members for illegally downloaded music. But it’s taken on a Texas woman and suddenly finds itself with a legal fight on its hands.   Rhonda Crain has filed a countersuit against the RIAA in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, claiming that Sony BMG Music… Read More