[TriLUG] Road Runner broadband developments

[Ian Kilgore]

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About 850 down compared to 300 before.
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
|
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|  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.
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|
| 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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