[TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

Tim Jowers timjowers at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 13:19:53 EDT 2007


Does anyone know about ClearWire?   I am considering trying them but for the
1 year contract term. I've already had/have DSL and cable here and both had
high download latency and nowhere near the promised upload speeds.

TimJowers


On 6/11/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have Comcast on the Outer Banks and TWC is world's ahead in terms of
> service.  I have maximum speeds for Comcast on the outer banks (3 meg
> down,
> 1 meg up).  Sad, I know.  But deal with that network and all it's
> falkiness
> and you'll be running back to TWC with open arms.
>
> On 6/11/07, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:
> >
> > Shorter TWC: "We advertise our premium service as 8Mbps.  However, we
> > reserve the right to not give you that if we feel like it, or to
> > arbitrarily give you less based on rules which you are not allowed to
> > know."
> >
> > I agree that a little competition would be a good thing.
> >
> > At least they're not Pure Evil like Comcast with their limited unlimited
> > service.  This is just Mostly Evil.
> >
> > I used to have DSL, but they could barely deliver 1Mbps down and 200Kbps
> > up.
> >
> > --bak
> >
> > OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> > > ...read on past this article for my 2c.
> > >
> > > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18468495
> > >
> > > TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY
> > > NATIONWIDE
> > >
> > > June 6, 2007 -- Time Warner today implemented a network management
> tool
> > > to improve the operation of the network for all subscribers. As a
> > > result, a small minority of users may experience slower speeds during
> > > peak hours when using certain applications that consume lots of
> > > bandwidth. You can address this situation by reducing your use of
> > > bandwidth-intensive applications during peak hours. "Peak hours" are
> > > generally in the evenings.
> > >
> > > "Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup
> > > applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer
> networks
> > > and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited
> to
> > > audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the
> > > right to implement network management tools for other applications in
> > > the future.
> > >
> > > Customers are reminded of the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy at
> > >
> > >> help.rr.com/aup:
> > >>
> > >
> > > * The Road Runner service may not be used to engage in any conduct
> that
> > > interferes with Road Runner's ability to provide service to others,
> > > including the use of excessive bandwidth.
> > >
> > > * The Road Runner service may not be used to breach or attempt to
> breach
> > > the security, the computer, the software or the data of any person or
> > > entity, including Road Runner, to circumvent the user authentication
> > > features or security of any host, network or account, to use or
> > > distribute tools designed to compromise security, or to interfere with
> > > another's use of the Road Runner service through the posting or
> > > transmitting of a virus or other harmful item or to deliberately
> > > overload or flood that entity's system.
> > >
> > > Customers are further advised that efforts designed to circumvent our
> > > network management tools may be in violation of our Acceptable Use
> > > Policy and may result in account suspension without warning.
> > >
> > >
> ========================================================================
> > > ====================
> > >
> > > 2c.
> > >
> > > I don't agree with this for so many reasons ...and really wish we
> could
> > > choose between cable providers. I'd even be willing to pay MORE ...if
> I
> > > could get something like OOL (Optimum Online, for all my non
> > > north-eastern bretheren), or FIOS.
> > >
> > > But nooooo, the man's sticking it to me ...and I'm forced into Time
> > > Warner (if I want a broadband connection). I have their 8mb service
> > > (Premium), and after this month will be dropping it. Its not worth it.
> I
> > > hardly ever get the speeds they advertise (even if I'm on during
> > > non-peak hours), and my upload speeds are heavily throttled
> (25-50kbps)
> > > at best.
> > >
> > > Anyone else feel like this?
> > >
> > > /me equips Tin-Foil Hat +1
> > >
> > > ...what's to say they don't:
> > >
> > > - Change "Peak Hours" to be from 5am - 9am, and 5pm - 10pm M-F; 9am -
> > > 12pm and 5pm - 12am S-S?
> > > - Force users who use "encryption" aka, IPSEC, SSL+TLS ftp's, or some
> > > other form of encryption into switcing over to their "business"
> service,
> > > because home service should only be for surfing the web.
> > >
> >
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