15 megabytes per second from Time Warner [COLUG]

[Dave]

On Oct 20, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Mark Erbaugh wrote:

> 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


I'm certain they don't guarantee it, but I do have to admit TW's  
internet service has worked very well in the 7 or 8 years I've had it  
(I do not work for them and do not directly own any of their stock).  
I occasionally check the speed using that speakeasy site and it's  
always pretty good. The only place they could guarantee that speed is  
back to their servers. That's why I laugh at the DSL claims of not  
sharing a wire like cable does - at some point, it's all a shared  
connection. I certainly don't have a need for 15Mbps - somewhere  
between 4 and 5Mbps seems to be plenty fast for my needs.

On the other hand TW's new OCAP DVR boxes have had all kinds of  
problems so beware before getting one of those.

Dave