[TriLUG] Fully OT: Time to leave TWCBC? was: Re: semi-OT: mail relaying broken for other time warner customers?

[David Both via TriLUG]

I had both residential and TWBC concurrently for several years. I had 
residential only before that and BC only now.

I can tell you that I have never had a speed test on my BC that was less than 
what is in my contract in either direction and it is almost always a bit better. 
Residential was always slower when the kids got home from school to do their ... 
ahem ... homework, and in the evenings when mom and dad are streaming music and 
movies.

I use speedtest-cli and run it fairly frequently to ensure things have not 
changed for the worse.

In addition, I have always had much better response to problems when using BC. I 
have an account rep and call him/her when the need arises and get very quick 
response compared to residential or any other service I have ever had in the 
past like AT&T.

But all of that said, I still am not not really happy because TW is in large 
part responsible for preventing municipal broadband like that in Wilson from 
spreading to other cities and towns in NC. I am waiting eagerly for Google so I 
can get significantly better bandwidth for less money.


On 03/24/2015 12:57 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
> "Maybe it's time to drop TWCBC for lower-cost, higher-speed (but possibly
> lower-reliability) residential.  BC 15/2.5 is still over $100/mo while
> residential 50/5 is $65/mo... "
>
> I have read in a few places that TWCBC actually does some type of
> prioritization over residential that may make it worth the cost, but
> haven't been able to verify this.
>
> Does anyone have any *verifiable* information that this is true?  Does BC
> get the "fast path"?
>
> It sure doesn't seem like it...
>
> -Wes
>
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