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en103
Member
2013-Feb-1 5:16 pm
Lots of spots in SoCalIn LA - they have a LOT of Wifi - probably more coverage than most ever would use, and keeps many from requiring a cell plan on a tablet. |
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MehSo far I have not been that impressed with the ones in KC. They connect about 1/3 of the time and when they do the speeds are only good enough to lightly browse on a tablet. |
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swarto112 Premium Member join:2004-02-17 El Dorado Hills, CA
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who cares?how about upgrading that infrastructure? |
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Maybe that's what they are doing. Building a mesh network to bypass their lame hybrid coax fiber network. |
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juilinsandarTexas Gooner Premium Member join:2000-07-17 San Benito, TX |
at&t has a better wifi coverage in my areaSadly, the only twc wifi areas are in the local twc offices. |
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antdudeMatrix Ant Premium Member join:2001-03-25 US |
antdude
Premium Member
2013-Feb-1 7:42 pm
Put near my locations!So I can use if mine goes down. :P |
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to JackBauer
Re: who cares?probably more likely to push a deal to many 'urban dwellers' (NYC) where they wouldn't want to pay the extra $20-$30/month for limited data over cellular.
Maybe their long term is to partner with a cellular provider (aren't they hitching up with VZW?). It'd give AT&T a run for their money, and reduce the cost of overages, and give them some clickstream cash. |
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to antdude
Re: Put near my locations!This most likely wouldn't help you. Especially if they're putting the APs on the cable lines along the street. |
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antdudeMatrix Ant Premium Member join:2001-03-25 US |
antdude
Premium Member
2013-Feb-2 11:31 am
said by TBBroadband:This most likely wouldn't help you. Especially if they're putting the APs on the cable lines along the street. Yeah, if it is a big outage. Sometimes, I do have small ones. |
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elray join:2000-12-16 Santa Monica, CA |
to swarto112
Re: who cares?said by swarto112:how about upgrading that infrastructure? Here in Socal, TWC is the only entity that does, all the while prices have come down or remain flat. We've on our third upgrade of the cable plant in a decade. |
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elray |
to en103
Re: Lots of spots in SoCalIndeed, there is a lot of coverage near commercial boulevards. But connectivity and signal quality varies widely.
With a good connection, 15/1 is common. |
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djrobx Premium Member join:2000-05-31 Reno, NV
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to en103
said by en103:In LA - they have a LOT of Wifi - probably more coverage than most ever would use, and keeps many from requiring a cell plan on a tablet. Really? Of all the times I've checked for wifi availability, I've only seen TWC wifi show up once. I stumble across AT&T much more frequently (usually due to a Starbucks). I'm not sure what the point of investing in wifi is. TWC would be much wiser to spend their efforts on their cable system. Their LA HD lineup is still a total joke and they're still running Comcast's iGuide software from 2004. |
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funny0
Member
2013-Feb-4 9:07 am
corrected title"Time warner cable to double SPYSPOTS in 2013" |
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