[TriLUG] Road Runner broadband developments

[Michael Hrivnak]

Just the other day, I was discussing with a friend how we both felt like our 
RR connections had been running faster recently than in the past, and we 
speculated that there had been some sort of increase in bandwidth.  Now we 
know!

Michael

On Wednesday 19 January 2005 09:11 pm, Jon Carnes wrote:
> 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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