[TriLUG] OT - Some TWC Questions

[Jos Purvis]

Cool, that would be great. Thanks!

On Dec 17, 2007 12:02 PM, James c. Jones <jonesjc at intrex.net> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I can give you contact information for time-warner business class
> representatives, if you want.
>
> They were able to explain it all to me.
>
> jcj
>
> Jos Purvis wrote:
> > Somewhat offtopic, but I figured this is the list to ask, since a lot
> > of people have TWC. Here's my sitch: we have overpriced Verizon
> > business DSL, and I'm considering ditching it in favor of
> > Time-Warner's business cable service (thinking about business-class
> > service after hearing about their bandwidth squashing for Bittorrent
> > users). Couple questions, though, for those that have it or have
> > researched it, since their business-class site is pretty useless:
> >
> > 1) What are the prices & speeds like? I'm curious if these are
> > equivalent to their consumer class service or if they're lower speed
> > with higher SLAs.
> > 2) Do they do port filtering, VPN blocking, or Bittorrent
> > squashing/QoS on the lines? Curious if I'm going to have to head to
> > the office to download the latest distro updates or get work done.
> >
> > I'm in Durham, if it makes a difference--dunno if their services vary
> > by area. Would welcome any input; feel free to message me privately if
> > you prefer rather than tying up the list, or reply to the list if you
> > think it's generally useful.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Jos
> >
>
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