 Review by weiyin 
UPDATED: 184 days ago
member for 5.8 years, 1957 visits, last login: 3 days ago
 Fresh Meadows,Queens,NY
 $35 per month
 about 9 days
 "Fast, consistent speed."
 "News server is capped."
 "Great value for your money."
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Ordered 2048/384, get around 2000/360 on speed tests. Installation was straightforward, but had to wait more than a week for install because Time Warner was very busy on weekends.
Earthlink supplied a Toshiba cable modem with ethernet and usb connections. Hooked it up to my router, set it to use a dhcp server, and was up in no time. IP, although dynamic, changes so rarely that I use a static dns service.
In the past 3 months, there were perhaps 3 times when the connection failed, but service was always restored in less than 12 hours. Recently, I was dismayed to find that they have begun to cap their news servers at 1.5 gigabytes per month. I don't think that this limit will affect most internet users.
Recently, Earthlink/TW was kind enough to provide a free upgrade to 3-megabits. What a great deal!
Update: download speed is now at 8 megabits! Upload is still measly.
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