Comments on: TWC is Insane (and Anti-competitive)

By: El Tejon

El Tejon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:18:25 +0000

Another set of reasons to bring in your own T1 and disti to the neighborhood for a fee. But then, I don’t watch TV.

By: Gaber

Gaber — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:11:09 +0000

I find it pretty funny that my local Time Warner office recently “bumped up” the speeds from 6gb to 8gb for standard Roadrunner, and 8gb to 10gb for Roadrunner plus, or whatever it is called. In the meantime they are testing out caps. More bandwidth available, but caps to the amount of data you can get? This seems pretty silly to me. Then again, this is not the first time a cable company has done silly things…

FIOS where are you??

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:37:56 +0000

What program did you install? And where on your network does it live? I’m curious now, too…

By: xdreamwalker

xdreamwalker — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:33:45 +0000

After reading this I have installed a program to track my bandwidth volume for the whole house. I just want to see how much we use with all of the computers and other things that are connected to the internet.
From 10am to midnight yesterday we used 1.36GB. I am positive I use more then 40 GB monthly. Let’s just hope Comcast doesn’t do this in my area.

By: RandomRage

RandomRage — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:11:33 +0000

I've written before about my beef with Time Warner's substandard cable, but I've just about had it. I'm currently posting this over a USB connection to my EDGE T-mobile phone, thanks to broken internet service. Ugh...I wish T-Mo would give their EDGE a boost like at&t did around the iPhone launch. This feels like dial-up.

By: Anaheim

Anaheim — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:27:47 +0000

Hey…at least they aren’t in Alaska. The price here starts at 39.99 for 1 Mbps/512 Kbps with a monthly limit of 5 GB. 49.99 for 2 Mbps/512 Kbps with a limit of 10 GB, 3 Mbps/756 Kbps for $69.99 with a limit of 20 GB, and 4 Mbps/756 Kbps limit of 25 GB and $99.99. Taking about insane pricing….and stupid limits….I don’t feel any one because we are getting raped up here.

You can have unlimited access but you have to have it bundled with television and phone. Then the speed is increased to 3 Mbps/512 Kbps, 5 Mbps/512 Kbps, 7 Mbps/756 Kbps and 10 Mbps/1 Mbps.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:25:31 +0000

To rent a movie on iTunes now, a TWC subscriber would have to pay $3.99 for the movie plus an additional $1.25 bandwidth overage fee, a 24% tax on the item. Sounds like a solid plan for digital distribution.

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:58:50 +0000

Caps are common in the UK. You can pay more for an unlimited provider.