Cable Companies Establishing Tiers of Broadband Service
Martin O'Donnell pointed out an article on CNET News.com which says that many cable companies are carving out two or more tiers of broadband service, which they hope will allow them to charge more money to the most active broadband users. Throughput on the AT&T Broadband and Comcast networks has been throttled back to 1.5 megabits per second, from 3 mbps during the @Home period.