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AT&T may implement speed and data tiers for 4G LTE service

By: |Jan 21st, 2011 at 12:45PM
Filed Under: Exclusives, Mobile
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BGR has learned that AT&T may have plans to offer tiered data services when it launches its Long Term Evolution network later this year. The carrier apparently plans to trial two separate types of tiers alongside its LTE service: speed tiers and data tiers. Speed tiers will provide LTE data service at varying rates of speed depending on the plan a customer selects, similar to land-based broadband services currently offered by ISPs. Data tiers will afford subscribers “data buckets” of varying s...

Time Warner Cable Piloting Disgustingly Low Bandwidth Caps

By: |Jun 4th, 2008 at 10:01AM
Filed Under: Opinions, Services
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As we delve further into an age where more and more content is obtained and consumed digitally, Time Warner Cable seems to be doing everything it can to stifle progress. Residents of Beaumont, Texas are in for a treat later this week when Time Warner goes live with a new pilot for its cable internet customers. Under this pilot, cable internet customers will be limited to a measly 40 GB of traffic each month. The cost of service in Beaumont will still be $54.90 during this trial period, which by the way amount...