 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| reply to BigRooster
Re: Fix current issues before next upgrades.. quote:
it almost sounds like some ppl believe they're entitled ... that FiOS speeds should be the norm. This is troubling because more often than not, somebody wants that bandwidth for $40/month - not to mention that FiOS itself has such a small footprint.
Entitled? Nah. Truth is I'm quite pleased with the price and performance of my 10/1 service for "$55 minus discounts" from TW. The speeds are hands down better than DSL and the included newsgroup service makes it a good value for me.
I'm well aware of the issues with the upstream saturation on DOCSIS 1.1/2.
But looking across the LA footprint, TW seems to be able to pull 15/2 off. For $55/month. So, if I were living in NYC, I wouldn't be too pleased with having to pay $70/month just to reach 1mbps up, especialy now that they're "giving away" 1mbps up out to Hawaii for $45/month in the same announcement! Oh, and then you have Ohio where there's no FIOS at all, but they're rolling out 15mbps there.
I'm happy with my service and the value I'm getting, but I don't appreciate the lack of consistency. It's so bad in LA they don't even reveal specific speeds for extreme service in the majority of their advertising! Makes sense, because the speeds cited in the literature that you do find is almost always outdated and wrong. So, they're shooting themselves in the foot. I can't even recommend TW's service to a friend because I have no idea what the speeds might be in their zip code.
It's clear TW is being highly reactive to competitve pressure rather than just be a market leader. Comcast seemed to do much, much better in the consistency department in this regard. Optimum Online has had DSL-crushing speeds with cable for years and years. FIOS is all over "this footprint" being the greater LA market. So the "Footprint" excuse doesn't really wash with me.
Bottom line, I just wish they'd figure out what speeds they want to offer nationally and try to stick with them.
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