Just as we breathe a collective sigh of relief over Time Warner's supposed scrapping of plans to meter internet usage, bend over here it comes again. Like something out of an Orwell book, the company plans to launch a new “Customer Education Campaign” in the fall to “teach the public that high prices and internet caps are good for us.” Expect a propaganda onslaught on how the caps will supposedly lower prices for everyone except those few who “abuse” the system. They will claim that “internet brownouts” will occur if these users are not penalized. At the same time they intend to switch everyone over to “turbo” service and introduce speed-increasing technologies like DOCSYS, which will make everyone exceed their quotas even faster. Does this sound familiar? Recall how corporate America justified $4 a gallon gasoline by claiming that it was all the fault of greedy consumers driving SUV's. That was after they sold us SUV's by convincing us small efficient cars weren't safe.

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