15 megabytes per second from Time Warner [COLUG]

[Mark Erbaugh]

On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 23:02 -0400, Dave wrote:
> 
> 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


Do they guarantee this speed?  How does one assess compliance? They
might as well advertise 1 GB/s (or 1 TB/s) download speed. They probably
have wording in the contract that connection speed is not guaranteed and
that they can make changes to your service that "may" reduce your
connection speed.

Much as I had government intervention, this industry needs regulation.
We all accept that fact that when we buy a gallon of gasoline we get a
gallon of gasoline and there are stiff penalties for dealers caught
cheating with the measure.

Mark