Article: Time Warner Likes Video Downloads, With Fees.(Time Warner Inc.)(Brief article)

Byline: David LaGesse

Time Warner Cable is getting widely scolded for testing metered Internet (http://www.dailytech.com/Time+Warner+Starts+Metered+Internet+Service+Test+in+Texas/article11965.htm) usage. The fear is that the added charges for large downloads (or uploads) will discourage innovation on the Web, particularly nascent video delivery (http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2008/01/16/net-and-tube-a-cool-couple.html) services.

On top of the charges to rent a high-definition movie over the Web, it might cost an extra $10 or $20 to download it. That's assuming a user has exceeded what many are calling Time Warner's paltry bandwidth caps. "Our first ...

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