In a move that’s sure to have a vast multitude of people (gamers especially) shredding the self-esteem of innocent customer service agents everywhere, Business Week reported Time Warner Cable is rolling out a tiered pricing structure in several markets across the country. That means the more internet bandwidth you use – whether for gaming, internet surfing, downloading movies or files or whatever – the more money you’ll be shelling out. It’s similar to current cell phone plans and it’s “a strategy that’s likely to rankle consumers but be copied by competitors,” as the article so succinctly states it.
