[TriLUG] Road Runner broadband developments

[Jon Carnes]

Same as it ever was... bandwidth running over cable. Same as it ever
was...

2005-01-19 20:55:07 EST: down 2640kb / up 349kb

As part of my work (with VoIP phones) I take regular bandwidth
measurements at various sites that use RoadRunner - mainly my home
connection and several Triangle Businesses. RoadRunner over all does a
very good job with maintaining consistent network access, but I haven't
seen any recent increases in either Upload or Download speeds.

If it's true - I look forward to seeing even happier Soho customers in
the future! <as long as they keep those latencies low and steady...>

Jon Carnes
http://www.featuretel.com

On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 18:10, matusiak wrote:
> Hello all --
> 
> This may be old news to some, but it certainly came as a surprise to  
> me.  Just stumbled upon this link while browsing for broadband  
> connectivity.
> 
>    http://content.rr.com/rdrun/increase.htm
> 
> ---
>   TIME WARNER CABLE BROADBAND CUSTOMERS RECEIVE ANOTHER JUMP IN SPEED
>    
>   Road Runner Enhancements Enable Customers to Take Full Advantage of  
> the Web’s  Increasingly Media-Rich Content at No Additional Cost
>      
>   STAMFORD, CT, December 14, 2004 – Time Warner Cable today announced it  
>   will increase the maximum download speed of its high speed Internet  
> service  to 5 mega-bits per second (mbps) from 3mbps.  Time Warner  
> Cable of New  York and New Jersey broadband customers will see the  
> increase in speed beginning  today.  Customers in the company’s other  
> markets across the country  will receive the faster speed in January. 
>    
>   Customers of Road Runner, Time Warner Cable’s flagship high-speed  
> Internet  service, and customers using other ISPs via the Time Warner  
> Cable network,  will now enjoy even greater value as this speed  
> enhancement is being delivered  at no additional cost to consumers.   
> The download speed of Road Runner’s  premium level of service is also  
> being enhanced to 8mbps downstream from 6mbps. 
> ---
> 
> First of all, I didn't know there was ANY home connection possible in  
> the 6-8mbps range.  So, the premium service offering is a complete  
> surprise to me.  Unfortunately out of my price range (somewhere ~$70-99  
> depending on how much awesome TWC programming you decide to subscribe  
> to).
> 
> Still the increase of "regular" Road Runner connections from 3mbps to  
> 5mbps is impressive.  Have any of you with RR connections noticed a  
> marked improvement?
> 
> Thanks!
> dave m.
> 
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