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Comments on news posted 2003-04-18 15:08:43: Much like the other large cable broadband providers, Time Warner/Roadrunner has been mailing out warning letters and suggesting that 'bandwidth hogs' upgrade their service to a new, faster tier. ..
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 Dalton D
join:2003-06-16
Kernersville, NC
|  Time Warner \ Road Runner Needs to Get a Grip!!!!!
which is $55 higher in cost or pay $15 for every 5 gig of usage over their new limit of 15 gig up/down
usage.
Simple Solution (for the time being any ways):
Time Warner provides cable services in the triad area of NC for Road Runner, AOL Broadband, Earthlink, and inter.net.max. They all run over the same network of cable and they all boast the same speeds.
Since they all go over the same network of cable my next thing to find out was: Is either one of these services going to be faster than the other? After much research and talking with techs the answer was... NO
After looking into what each of the above servers provided (speed, usage, cost) Earthlink came out on TOP!!! The first thing that caught my eye about Earthlink was the...... Unlimited!!!!!! The next thing that was very appealing is there is a promotion going on..... $29.95/ month for the first 6 months and only $41.95/ month thereafter. Which by the way is $3 cheaper than Road Runner. The next thing is Earthlink also offers UNLIMITED dial-up with this package in comparison to Road Runner's 10 hours/ free .99/min thereafter per month. Something else I also just found out by coincidence was my Dad also liked what I had found out about Earthlink so he decided to join up too and Earthlink gave me a free month of service for referring him.
What a deal. I done the same thing with Road Runner when i first signed up with them and all I got from them was...... Oh, that promotion is no longer in affect. Imagine that!!!!!!!!
After Thoughts:
I personally think Time Warner / Road Runner really needs to reanalyze this restriction to users. It's not like the 5 - 10% of your users that are going over the newly implemented usage limit are doing anything illegal.
They are just taking advantage of what you were offering. In my case..... I haven't done anything different that what I was doing in 2001 than what I am now doing on the internet.
Another thing.... why isn't this letter being sent out to everyone informing them of the newly implemented usage limits? It's not nice to single out individuals especially ones that spend a lot of time on the Internet because they probably have a lot of friends on here and word does travel pretty fast on the the Information Highway!!! I Think It's Time to Get a Grip Time Warner / Road Runner!!!!
Dalton | |
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anomus-the-first
@mindspring.com
| You got Caps? Give them the boot!! I surf the net quite fine with my modem and netzero account. When I pay 42.95 for broadband, I expect all I can eat at 1500/256. I dont care what any one says. If you want a cap, then you go to walmart and get a cap. Dont be trying to tell me how much I can and cant up/download. I am tired of constantly picking these busybodies out of my butt hole. I already got shut off by TWC-RR for DLing over their limit and refusing to pay more. So I called their competitor Earthlink and had them reconnect me and I am DLing 300-400gigs a month again. So there. As long as someone offers to legitamately sell it to me, I have the right to take it. And I will. Every bit of it. | |
| spike2000
join:2004-04-05
Santa Ana, CA
| The Ignorance of Youth So i just found out about this bandwith cap.
OMG i said comcast people are screwed with their modem "good think i have RR" i said to my self. I have had it since i moved to Orange County. So i though i look up how RR has no bandwith cap since i never heard any of my friend get any letter from TW. I have been reading nemorous acounts on bandwith caps, "unlimited" word intepratation, and the "150 GB man". Of all the forums the "150 GB man" was the most interesting one. Then i found out their was a 15GB limit on RR. I was amazed since i have had RR for almost a year now. I have been satisfied with their suport and service. Untill i realized the bandwith cap. I have to say that 15GB is bs cap i have downloaded and uploaded a total of 27 GB this week. I still havent finished my 15 GB batch of Anime. Will i recieve a letter soon because i bet i do around 50 GB or more. I love my RR service they even gave me a free month when my modem was acting funny and kept reseting. Even after 3 call and 3 visits from teck guys trying to fix it they failed but it magicly fixed by itself. I recieved a free month and a bag of cockies with a letter of apologies. I can't believe my RR people i have talked with are the same one's put caps on bandwith's. I beileve tha day i get a letter saying i over use my service of Cable i'm gona be awfully pissed and call them and tell them all i have learned about on this forum. Thnx for everyone informative post. I will keep downloading like there's no tomorow im a customer and i deserver my 50+GB of month for my $44.99. | |
| Eddie Willer
join:2005-12-06
Lancaster, CA
| Broadband for Lancaster, CA? We are relatively new to the "high desert" of Antelope Valley (Lancaster, CA) and since we don't watch much TV, we have not subscribed to any television cable service, although there apparently has been that service available here in this apartment because there are cable outlets in both upstairs bedrooms.
Our telephone service (local and long distance) is AT&T. I have heard radio commercials for DSL Extreme -- $14.95 per month -- but I don't think it is available way up here because we are too far away from civilization or something.
Someone said that cable modem -- Roadrunner? -- is the way to go, but I have no idea what that costs and whether you have to pay for cable TV service on top of the internet connection. My concern is that cable modem service up here will be too expensive for us.
Any suggestions as to how to get fast cable modem service in Lancaster, CA without paying an arm and a leg? I'd rather not have to subscribe to cable TV if I can help it. I listen to talk radio (KFI) instead.
Eddie | |
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