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Re: Powerboost is the lamest gimmick ever.
twc for now but i am moving soon and will be getting satellite |
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| reply to Xizer
Everybody on both sides of the fence needs to take a step back, take a deep breath, and move on. Personal comments have been edited out of a few posts - and I'm done with that. Express your opinion one way or the other - but leave the personalities out.
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maartena
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Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Xizer
I personally don't care for it much either (I would rather have those speeds all the time), but I can see advantages. If you have a big download, and I have those now and then, it is nice to be able to get it a little quicker.
I would like an option though to enable/disable it from the RoadRunner account webpage, so you can still do proper speed testing. Alternatively, RoadRunner can host a list of sites for which powerboost is never enabled, and add the IP addresses of the major test servers.
Either way, since you aren't charged for it, we shouldn't complain about free stuff. 
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Pizz
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join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY | reply to Xizer
Re: Powerboost is the lamest gimmick ever.
Got ya punker, try and move to a FIOS market if you can. But i think CATV from TimeWarner will get better - i just think they never thought competition would come in so fast, so they have no choice but to get rid of the SDV |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16 | Time Warner has invested a lot of money in SDV, they're not getting rid of it anytime soon. They're doing the opposite, they're expanding on it. Sorry.
SDV is a godsend |
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Pizz
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join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY | sad if they keep to it, but i understand if they do. But alot of customers who have the opportunity to get FiosTv, will probably end up switching to it. |
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Rombus
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join:2007-04-11
Columbus, OH
| reply to Xizer
Dbmaven is correct, and to that affect, thinking about this thread made me realize a few great points, so let me pick apart some of these arguments:
1. "I Dont like power boost since it effects my speed test results"
I'm willing to step back from the whole "Speedtests are not accurate" argument. Why? Because Powerboost will not affect speedtests that are used for diagnostic sake. If your speeds are slow now, they will still be slow with powerboost. Why? A speed test usually lasts ~30 seconds, and that's what powerboost is designed to speed up. Powerboost isent going to somehow fix level issues, ping issues, or node congestion. So if your slow now, you will be slow with powerboost, and you wont notice much of a change.
2. "They should only give this to Turbo users, somehow this devalues my turbo connection"
First, this question depends on what your using your connection for. If your downloading large files constantly, then of course your turbo service is still going to be better than standard road runner. If you just wanted the faster speed to surf the web faster, then TWC is giving you a great opportunity to downgrade and save some money. Chances are with powerboost your connection will still "Feel" the same, and your saving money.
3. "TWC should spend money on network updates and not features like this"
Keep in mind, This does not cost the company as much as upgrading to docsis3 and i essentially look at as a interim upgrade till they start rolling our docsis3 soon. I mean overall cost cant be that expensive, its just a setting change and code update. |
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RoadRunner79
join:2008-01-19
San Antonio, TX | reply to Rombus
regardless if my speed is better than a lower package a lower package should not be matching my X amount of reference numbers on my line speed. |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16 | reply to Pizz
What's your problem with SDV?
I swear, TW will never and can never do right in the eyes of you guys.
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
 ·FrontierNet Intern..
·RoadRunner Cable
| But by the same token Steve, even when there are issues with TW in any way, you turn the other cheek and pretend not to notice. I am all for whatever TW as a company can do for me as a customer. But I also welcome the day, for example, when Verizon makes a serious attempt to come into this market and offers some reasonable and serious competition to the almighty TW empire . Competition is good. Not to get off topic too much, but Frontier can't compete as we all know, and heaven forbid that TW institutes caps in this area. But then, pray tell, what service would we be able to turn to ? We all are not bottomless money pits and there is a very definite limit as to what I am willing to pay for internet and TV services. |
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Rombus
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Columbus, OH
| reply to RoadRunner79
said by RoadRunner79  :regardless if my speed is better than a lower package a lower package should not be matching my X amount of reference numbers on my line speed. But why? What difference does it make what the numbers mean if you know your on the turbo package? And its only going to match for the first seconds of the connection. |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| reply to Racerbob
I don't have to pretend not to notice anything, because I have never noticed anything I have NEVER had any service problems that weren't related to a problem on my end or routine maintenance, never had any billing problems or anything of the sort. Verizon is my telco, and they can go to hell, Fios will never enter my home. If TW implements caps, Road Runner Business Class at 6Mb/1.5Mb is still twice as fast as Verizon DSL, both up and down. I was paying $85/month for Road Runner Premium at one point for 6Mb/512Kb when I had DirecTV and before the price came down. I'm not afraid to go back to paying that much. What you chose to do, I honestly could careless, that's your business and it's a shame you won't be bouncing back and forth between providers to save a dime, but I have a plan in place that I can execute. I believe AOL still has dial up access, you can give that a try.
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY
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·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Xizer
As usual Steve, your nasty attitude shows through loud and clear. I have a family to support and don't live with mom and dad.There are limits as to what I ***can*** spend on my internet and TV services. To pay $85 a month for any internet service is just plain ludicrous to put it plainly. As I said, you worship Time Warner more than anyone else I have come in contact with. Nothing wrong with that, but there are other services that are slowly but surely going to be creeping into our areas and for sure, they are going to be worth investigating. FIOS does indeed offer superior speed to what Roadrunner offers for a very comparable cost. If and when that becomes available to me as a customer, for sure I would check out what they had to offer. For now, I shall stay with TW, but can only hope for the day that Verizon eats Frontier up, lock, stock and barrel. Then and only then will Time Warner have a legitimate challenger in this one horse town. I just hope that in the meantime that we are not forced to change what we do on the net every day and how much we do it. |
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Mele20
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join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| said by Racerbob :As usual Steve, your nasty attitude shows through loud and clear. .. As I said, you worship Time Warner more than anyone else I have come in contact with. Don't you remember RoadRunner Rick?....Maybe Steve is him in disguise? 
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| reply to Racerbob
It's really not my place to care what you can afford to spend, that does not concern me, what concerns me is getting the fastest internet access available, with no caps and not paying Verizon. One call to 1-866-756-FAST for Biz Class service is all it takes and I will not be forced to change what I do on the net every day and how much I do it. Things are a little tighter now, with my monthly payment for my new Lincoln SUV, but I can still swing a $200 cable bill and more if need be. Just not so sure how the billing would work for residential cable TV and business broadband, but hopefully it won't come to that.
You've never seen a nasty attitude from me before, so stop pretending you have. This is nice for me.
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Cthen
join:2004-08-01
Ypsilanti, MI
·Comcast
| reply to Xizer
I gotta solution for all the bitchers...get a D-Link DCM-202 modem. It will give you exactly your provisioned speeds BUT, no ISP has ever got Powerboost to work with it and probably never will. Problem solved, you won't ever again have to see your FREE extra boost!  |
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Mele20
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Hilo, HI | Err...we are not allowed to buy our own modems...even though the new TOS says we can...Oceanic says we cannot. |
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