Released: April 15, 2009

Cable firm’s plan to Net extra cash

Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)

Time Warner Cable Inc. customers beware: If you’re what the company considers a heavy Internet user, you could soon be charged as much as $150 a month for online access.

The sky-high charge is part of a new “consumption-based billing” system that Time Warner will test this summer to address what it says is the possibility of “brownouts” on the Net within three years because of soaring usage.

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