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[cool_dude_2049]

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12202463~mode=flat


"Time Warner announced a couple of days ago, they will be upgrading their network on the downstream channel from 3Mbps to 5Mbps for standard RR - and Road Runner Premium from 6Mbps to 8Mbps."


sorry if old

 

[goodcow]

They're scared of Verizon.

 

[Culex]

I wish I had Road Runner in my area. Damn Charter has the max of 3mbit for their highest package; meanwhile, 10 minutes out of my area is Optimum Online.

*cries*

 

[Bog]

I noticed this the other day. I started getting nearly 600k/s on downloads.

 

[jedimike]

I really don't care about download speeds... 3Mbps is plenty. I just wish cable companies would uncap the uploads. With VoIP and online gaming, 256Kbps is not nearly enough.

 

[cool_dude_2049]

if it was an upsteam upgrade it would be great for those people who have SWBF. with the 32 players and all

 

[Grifter]

Time to switch back from DSL!

 

[Odysseus]

They're doing this to stem the flow to lower priced DSL competitors.

Frankly, as a Road Runner customer, I wish they would drop prices instead. My DLs are fast enough. I can see why they wouldn't want to do that, however.

 

[AlphaSnake]

\^_^/

 

[madara]

Drop $55 crap I pay a month for starters.

 

[Rorschach]

Users in markets who had 6Mbps premium service will be upgraded to 8Mbps

Nice...

I don't think RR has dl caps. Gonna look into it. If they don't, I'm in. :X

 

[KarishBHR]

does road runner = comcast?

 

[Gattsu25]

does road runner = comcast?

as far as I know, RR = Time Warner

 

[G4life98]

i wish sbc would be doing an upgrade soon

 

[Rorschach]

Comcast is another cable company. There are only like 3 :|

 

[StoOgE]

no speed upgrade here yet

 

[fart]

holy shit why am i on earthlink then. they're the same damn price :/

 

[Meier]

Our upgrade is like the first month of January or something when I go back up to school, oh well. RoadRunner is a great service though -- our family has it since like 1998 or so and have basically no complaints at all.

 

[RedDwarf]

Comcast is upgrading as well, from 3 to 4 down and a slight upload increase. http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,12193144~mode=flat

 

[Gantz]

Time Warner/RR is the worst fucking cable company next to Comcrap. I recently moved to NYC and took a chance with Verizon 5mps DSL and pleasantly surprised with the speeds. Gotta love the 80kb/sec uploads.

 

[Rorschach]

holy shit why am i on earthlink then. they're the same damn price :/

Earthlink uses Timr Warner/Comcast cable. Basically, they're just a middleman. For whatever retarded reason, in some areas, you can only get cable with Earthlink even though TW is providing the actual service, billing, and technical support. It used to be that way here, but it recently changed. Just in time to take advantage of this.

 

[fart]

Earthlink uses Timr Warner/Comcast cable. Basically, they're just a middleman. For whatever retarded reason, in some areas, you can only get cable with Earthlink even though TW is providing the actual service, billing, and technical support. It used to be that way here, but it recently changed. Just in time to take advantage of this.

it's a question of who does the routing. we went with earthlink because they had an intro deal like 39 for the first year, but that year is up so...

 

[Phoenix]

as far as I know, RR = Time Warner

This is correct. Road Runner is the Time Warner cable company. TW was planning to beef it up through acquisition of another cable company, but things didn't work out

 

[B'z-chan]

RR was a part of ATT the sold to TW, which turned into ATTBI, which got eaten by Comcast.

Its nice to get 8mbits from comcast and i'm only paying for normal service.

 

[Mejilan]

So, what did happen with Verizon DSL, exactly? My connection seems to support much greater dl speeds... anyone have any details?

 

[SKluck]

Comcast is rolling out their own speed increases ATM. 4/384 for the base, and 5/768 for the Pro. Calling them silver and gold now though I believe.