DIJOE, Earthlink is TWC. Just one of their fronts. Just like RoadRunner is another face of TWC via BrightHouse here in Florida.
This is a huge step backwards. Don’t these jackasses at TWC remember “pay as you go” pricing from way back in the good ‘ol days of dial-up access, and how it failed once an alternative came along? They need to slice up and ration cable bandwidth simply because they’re wasting so much with all their goofy on-demand TV options, but mostly because they want a slice of the free web-TV pie such as Hulu. They have NO COMPETITION in Greensboro and it really galls me to give them $70 a month for *non-digital* cable and another $50 or so for basic broadband. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you: this is the new benchmark for corporate greed in a slow economy, and was the reason we went to cable modems in the first place. If AT&T (U-Verse) and Verizon (FiOS) are listening: please, please, please give us just one flimsy reason to get these TWC parasites off our backs once and for all.
Dear all: for the past 10 years, when I write my monthly check, I enter the payee as “Time Warner Cable Sucks.” I suggest you all do the same.
TimeWarner charges $250 to cut the cable contract. Fortunately AT&T will pay $250 to get your business. I'm making the switch currently.