hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | turbo in south carolina
10/512 upload could use some help.
Keep working on it time warner. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  North Carolina
We used to get the higher speed tiers first, now we haven't seen a bump in upstream since Xtreme/Turbo was unveiled. In other words, the upstream hasn't been bumped up since the Road Runner product was introduced. Pathetic. |
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goliath28
@comcast.net
| Why do people keep complaining about upload speeds? Upload is for sending data. Are you running servers? Or bittorrent. Why do you need that extra bandwidth? And if you really do need it upgrade your account and they will be more than happy to supply it.
Also before you say, "well I am using my account for work so I transfer alot of files..." you can get the extra bandwidth for that.. UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT! |
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mgbaker
join:2000-05-14
Charlotte, NC
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| News14 confirmation
»news14.com/content/top_stories/5···ult.aspx
MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Time Warner Cable will dramatically increase the speeds of its award winning High Speed Internet Service, Road Runner. Road Runner Standard will see a 40 percent speed boost from 5 Mega bits per second (Mbps) to a blazing 7 Mbps. Road Runner Turbo will jump from 8 Mbps to 10 Mbps.
In addition to the increased download speeds, Road Runner High Speed Online residential service will continue to offer customers ten e-mail accounts, personal home page space, parental controls, a free suite of Internet security software and more. There will be no price changes associated with these speed increases. |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| said by mgbaker  :» news14.com/content/top_stories/5···ult.aspxMORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Time Warner Cable will dramatically increase the speeds of its award winning High Speed Internet Service, Road Runner. Road Runner Standard will see a 40 percent speed boost from 5 Mega bits per second (Mbps) to a blazing 7 Mbps. Road Runner Turbo will jump from 8 Mbps to 10 Mbps. In addition to the increased download speeds, Road Runner High Speed Online residential service will continue to offer customers ten e-mail accounts, personal home page space, parental controls, a free suite of Internet security software and more. There will be no price changes associated with these speed increases. Sounds like News14 just cut, copied & pasted a Time Warner press release... I hardly agree that a 2 meg speed bump (down only) is a "dramatic" speed increase -but still welcome nonetheless. |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
 ·Sprint Broadband D..
1 edit | reply to Matt
Re: North Carolina
Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. You can bet some pointy-haired accountant has massaged numbers and concluded that:
1. Most users don't know what "upstream" is.
2. They would not make their investment back in one month or less. Preferably less.
3. #2 means that stockholders and Wall Street analysts would get a load in their dydies and we can't be having that. |
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mgbaker
join:2000-05-14
Charlotte, NC | reply to Cod
Re: News14 confirmation
News14 is owned by Time Warner, that's probably why. |
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firewire9999
join:2004-07-11
Livonia, MI | reply to TScheisskopf
Re: North Carolina
Sounds like were crossed over to the DILBERT zone. |
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Cod
join:2000-07-05
Greensboro, NC
| reply to mgbaker
Re: News14 confirmation
said by mgbaker :News14 is owned by Time Warner, that's probably why. aahh, makes sense. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to mgbaker
that's how all news is nowadays. News networks merely copy and paste press-releases and call it "news". |
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mgbaker
join:2000-05-14
Charlotte, NC
1 edit | That's true. Most networks, websites and newspapers hardly do their own reporting now, they simply use an Associated Press (AP) article. Go to just about any site, the "news" is some regurgitated AP article, usually. |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
·Sprint Broadband D..
| reply to firewire9999
Re: North Carolina
Part of the problem is that it seems that stockholders and Wall Street analysts seem to be hyperactive children and don't understand that in a properly-functioning capitalist system, reinvestment of profits in infrastructure upgrades, both private and civil, is how the economy maintains robust health.
Of course, perusing the economy today, the above might answer some questions. |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
 ·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
 ·Embarq
| reply to TScheisskopf
said by TScheisskopf :Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. Technically speaking, bumping upload speeds would require upgrades in the plant itself by either doing node splits or frequency adds. The backhaul is symmetrical and would have more than enough capacity already. |
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maartena
Stacked.
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| Upload rediculous.......
To download with 10 Mbps, you need about 3% of that bandwidth for packet requests on the return channel. In other words, downloading with 10 Mbps means there is an upstream of 300 to 400 kbps.
512 BARELY can cover that, let alone doing some uploading and downloading at the same time, because it is just not gonna happen, you'll get half the speed in downloads if you take too much upload away fro packet requests etc.
Whaddaloadabull.
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -
Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to espaeth
Re: North Carolina
said by espaeth :said by TScheisskopf :Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. Technically speaking, bumping upload speeds would require upgrades in the plant itself by either doing node splits or frequency adds. The backhaul is symmetrical and would have more than enough capacity already. Yep, I know their backhaul out of the Triad is a SONET OC-48 RING (2 x 2.4Gbps) which connects to Raleigh and Charlotte. They were testing a DWDM 10x10Gig link to Charlotte the last time I toured their RDC. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to goliath28
said by goliath28 :
Why do people keep complaining about upload speeds? Upload is for sending data. Are you running servers? Or bittorrent. Why do you need that extra bandwidth? And if you really do need it upgrade your account and they will be more than happy to supply it.
Also before you say, "well I am using my account for work so I transfer alot of files..." you can get the extra bandwidth for that.. UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT!
The fastest they offer is 512Kbps. They don't offer ANYTHING on the residential side faster. Period. 512Kbps is pathetic in this day of pictures and videos. |
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espaeth
Digital Plumber
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
·voip.ms
·Vitelity VOIP
·Callcentric
·VoiceStick
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
·Embarq
| reply to maartena
Re: Upload rediculous.......
said by maartena :To download with 10 Mbps, you need about 3% of that bandwidth for packet requests on the return channel. In other words, downloading with 10 Mbps means there is an upstream of 300 to 400 kbps. Depends on your TCP window size. If you configure your stack optimally you could get as low as 1 TCP ACK per 512-1024KB, which means your upstream burden is significantly lower. |
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RR User
@rr.com | reply to Cod
Re: News14 confirmation
Yeah, I don't call it dramatic either, but for many of NC's users that TW is feeding out of it's own grubby hands, most will probably think it's a dramatic upgrade. |
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Pizz
Hi
join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to espaeth
Re: Upload rediculous.......
actually Road Runner no longer offers Turbo, Premium, or Extreme (20mbps) anymore. I called up recently to upgrade, and was told they no longer off it.
I'm surprised they call that a 'upgrade'  |
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RR User
@rr.com
| reply to Matt
Re: North Carolina
I just think every cable provider should offer a minimum of 1Mbps on their fastest residential tier in every area they serve. It can be done. 512k really is a joke, and even worse, 384k. Uploading just 40 7MP images from my digital camera to be developed online is a 1-2 hour upload process and nearly renders my computer useless for any other internet task during that time because it chokes the download so badly.
Forget about home movies/video. |
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