According to this flyer, Time Warner Cable is asking people in Kansas City to share “tips, rumors and rumblings about Google construction or launch activity” about Google Fiber for a chance to win money. Yeah, Time Warner is so worried about Google Fiber that it’s asking people to spy on Google so it’ll have a better idea of how screwed Time Warner is. More »
Whenever we talk about tiered data plans, broadband caps, and the death of unlimited service, the standard tone to take is to look at high data users as victims. But there is an entirely other side to the coin, which is users who don’t access a whole lot of data and are paying way more than their consumption should dictate.
In addition, if you were told that you could save money on your Internet bill if you hold back on your usage, would you? Time Warner Cable is testing out a new idea that instead of forcing everyone to switch to a capped broadband plan, it could reward users who volunteer to opt into a low-tier plan with a reduced monthly fee.
The new plan is being tested in Texas markets, where any customer that agrees to be capped at 5 GB per month will receive $5 per month off of their service charges. Overage rates will be billed at a rate of $1 per gigabyte, with a maximum overage fee of $25. This is the same plan that the company rolled out to smaller markets over the past few years, but now has etended into places like Austin, Dallas, and El Paso.
[via Multichannel News]
Time Warner Cable tests voluntary tiered broadband is written by Mark Raby & originally posted on SlashGear.
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When HBO Go launched for the Kindle Fire a few weeks ago it seemed odd that the app still didn’t officially support other Android tablets, but now that has changed. v1.5 is now available on Google Play, and the release notes indicate it supports Android tablets running software up to 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich. That would appear to lock out the Nexus 7 for now but since it hasn’t been widely released yet, we’ll let it pass (although it is worth noting that Netflix was updated with Jelly Bean support last week.) Another recent change across the tablet apps is that Time Warner Cable is a supported provider. The usual caveats still apply (you’ll need HBO and of course, pay-TV to sign in) but the updated app is available now at the source link.
HBO Go update supports Android tablets up to ICS originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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