15 megabytes per second from Time Warner [COLUG]

[Dave]

On Oct 19, 2007, at 8:19 PM, jep200404 wrote:

> How many others are getting similar calls?
>
> I just got a sales call from Time Warner offering "Turbo" upgrade
> to 15 megabytes per second(sic). I was very surprised, and thought
> that it was a mistake, so I asked if it was megaBITs per second,
> or megaBYTEs per second. She definitely answered that it was
> BYTEs, not BITs. Then she said it was at least three times
> faster than what I have. Again, it didn't smell right, as my best
> (download) speed is about 600kbytes/s (or about 5Mbits/s).
> I thought again that she was confusing bits and bytes.
> She then spelled out how "byte" was written on what she was reading:
>
>    b i t


They called and got my wife a month or so ago so I don't know whether  
they said bits or bytes, but it is bits. They already provided a free  
upgrade from the 5Mbit connections we used to have to 7Mbit fairly  
recently. I just got 6.7Mbps to Chicago using http:// 
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/.

It is 15Mbits that they are now selling as their premium service.

See http://www.timewarnercable.com/midohio/products/internet/ 
rrpremium.html

Dave