[TriLUG] TimeWarner tinkering around with time travel?

James Tuttle jjtuttle at trilug.org
Thu Apr 10 20:04:07 EDT 2008


I actually don't know if my phone lines even work. We haven't had a 
hardwired phone in years.  Anyone know if naked DSL is offered in the 
Triangle?

Thanks,
Jim

Scott G. Hall wrote:
> Christopher L Merrill wrote:
>> MG wrote:
>>> YMMV, of course, but I'd take dialup before TWC.
>> Just goes to show how different user experiences can be.  I've had
>> TWC since they announced the beta RR service back in...hmmm...99?
>> My service has always been fantastic.  The few problems that I've
>> had with the service (usually related to the rather long and ancient
>> cable coming into my house) have been remedied promptly. I would
>> NEVER go back to dial-up.
>>
> 
> Again shows the difference in experience: in my neighborhood everyone
> complained about outages and and slowdowns before we signed up for
> anything.  Our experience with their cable service at our apartment
> was abysmal (and continually jacked-up rates didn't help).
> 
> So first thing I did when we moved in is go DSL (~2001 timeframe),
> and have been extremely happy since.  For the last couple of years
> I have been on business class DSL, and I get faster throughput than
> any of my neighbors on TWC/RR.  And I don't experience near the
> dropouts that they do.  Sure, I had to upgrade my modem a couple of
> times over the years (one went bad, other for faster b-class service
> and wireless capability).  Plus my rate is still cheaper than my
> neighbor's residential class.  Hummmm, faster and more reliable
> service at a cheaper rate - go figure.
> 


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