Well, stop the cap has the details of basic RoadRunner speed increases for the Time-Warner Cable in Rochester, ny…. (And the region). My view… Roadrunner turbo isn’t currently worth the $9.99 difference between Standard & Turbo… The Rochester-Finger Lakes Division of Time Warner Cable has upgraded upload speed for Road Runner Standard service customers, up […]
Time Warner DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade to only involve NYC: “At an earnings conference on Wednesday, Time Warner Cable COO Landel Hobbs said that the cable provider will begin using the newer, multi-channel DOCSIS 3.0 standard to provide Internet and data access to homes and businesses this summer, although it will be limited to New York […]
Even when not explicit, ISP data caps still haunt users – Ars Technica: “Even when not explicit, ISP data caps still haunt users Time Warner Cable’s data cap plan might be history (for now), but unpublished data caps live on thanks to the ‘acceptable use policy.’ ISPs that continue to rely on ambiguous metrics for […]
Man, Time Warner Cable — you are some shady players. Hot on the heels of the ISP’s decision to withdraw DOCSIS 3.0 trials from areas that have rejected its tiered billing plan, we’re hearing that TWC’s teamed up with Embarq to persuade the North Carolina state government into banning community-owned broadband services. via Engadget. Â Read […]
According to Time Warner Cable’s most recent annual report, the company has largely rolled out DOCSIS 2.0 across its hybrid fiber-coax network and ‘plans to deploy DOCSIS 3.0 selectively in its systems during 2009, which will enable TWC to deliver speeds significantly faster than currently achievable.’ But will it? Alex Dudley, the company’s vice president […]
I am trying to find a second source to verify this, but according to Stop the Cap (http://www.stopthecap.com ) Time Warner Cable has officially stated that they are shelving plans for the tiering of the internet… Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and I stood side by side this afternoon in front of Time Warner headquarters in […]
“NewsFactor – Time Warner Cable’s plan for tiered Internet service is running into more opposition and competition. In Rochester, N.Y., the site of one of the trials, competitor Frontier Communications has dropped its own plan for tiered DSL service — and is looking to accommodate any disgruntled Time Warner customers.” (View the rest of the […]
Pick your poison: bandwidth caps or throttling? – Ars Technica An ISP review website in the UK claims that 25 percent of its readers have run into ‘excessive use’ warnings. Compared to the new caps being trialed in the US, though, there’s little to complain about on that front. Internet data caps generated controversy in […]