Time Warner testing usage-based billing

[Alex]

It might. But I don't see it changing my behavior any more than my limited phone minutes changes my phone behavior.

It all depends on where they set the caps. And if it pisses off too many people then other internet companies will arise that offer better plans and it'll sway back. Which is the reason all of the minute-based plans fell away (even after they expanded the # of minutes beyond what any reasonably average person actually used; I know they by the end they were offering a plan of 32 hours/day of connectivity) and why I do think this may actually really be just a method for trying to deal with the pain-in-the-ass customers using their full download pipe 24/day or running businesses on residential accounts.