[TriLUG] Road Runner broadband developments

[David McDowell]

gotta love those talking heads


On 19 Jan 2005 21:11:33 -0500, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> 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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