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Time Warner Cable is pulling the plug on its plan to charge its broadband customers by the byte in four U.S. cities, ending a controversial experiment that critics said would harm internet innovation and customer pocketbooks. The news is a win for consumer groups like FreePress, who contended that the plan from New York-based TWC would stifle online innovation and that the company was imposing download limits to protect its lucrative cable television business from disruptive online video services.