[TWC] When is TWC going to be catching up with rest of them?

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treichhart join:2006-12-12	[TWC] When is TWC going to be catching up with rest of them? When is TWC going to be catching up with rest of them like Comcast,Charter in speed wise like 100-300Meg?
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mackey join:2007-08-20 kudos:3	Perhaps when they need to compete in the same service area as CC, Charter, etc? Seriously, who do they compete with? AT&T and their top speed of 18 mbit? /M
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djrobx join:2000-05-31 Valencia, CA kudos:2 Reviews: ·VOIPo ·Verizon Wireless.. ·RoadRunner Cable ·AT&T U-Verse	TWC competes with the same people Charter and Comcast do - a variety of telcos across their footprint. AT&T's current top speed is 24mbps. It took TWC longer than the others to adopt DOCSIS 3, I suspect because their upper management was sulking over their epic failure to institute 20GB limits on the standard tier. But, TWC seems to have come around, and we're getting there. There's evidence of upstream channel bonding and additional downstreams being added in different markets. I suspect once they've stabilized those things they'll look into offering faster speeds. -- AT&T U-Hearse - RIP Unlimited Internet 1995-2011 Rethink Billable.
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motorola870 join:2008-12-07 Arlington, TX kudos:1 Reviews: ·Time Warner Cable	said by djrobx: TWC competes with the same people Charter and Comcast do - a variety of telcos across their footprint. AT&T's current top speed is 24mbps. It took TWC longer than the others to adopt DOCSIS 3, I suspect because their upper management was sulking over their epic failure to institute 20GB limits on the standard tier. But, TWC seems to have come around, and we're getting there. There's evidence of upstream channel bonding and additional downstreams being added in different markets. I suspect once they've stabilized those things they'll look into offering faster speeds. I want to think that North Texas has bonding now on the upstream but I can't tell due to my upstream power being out of wack
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G0d @rr.com	Why would twc want to spend money in areas where the competition is not even close to them? The big reason for the push now is not competition but of cable evolution. Boxes going all ip and residential gateways.
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iansltx join:2007-02-19 Golden, CO kudos:2 Reviews: ·Verizon Online DSL ·RoadRunner Cable ·Comcast	TWC competes with FiOS in a couple areas (Dallas being one of them, NYC being another). In others, they compete against local FTTH outfits (two in NC). In still others, they've been overbuilt by WOW or Grande Communications. WOW doesn't offer anything better than TWC, but Grande does (110/5 vs. 50/5). But hey, upgrading your plant is a difficult task when you might not get any additional revenue from it (since TWC tends to get a large share of whatever market it's in by default). Why add downstream and upstream bonded channels when a 4/1 system can handle 50/5 speeds most of the time, and your DSL competition can't even come close (ahem, AT&T).
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chamberc Premium join:2008-08-05 Irving, TX Reviews: ·Time Warner Cable	said by iansltx: TWC competes with FiOS in a couple areas (Dallas being one of them, NYC being another). In others, they compete against local FTTH outfits (two in NC). In still others, they've been overbuilt by WOW or Grande Communications. WOW doesn't offer anything better than TWC, but Grande does (110/5 vs. 50/5). But hey, upgrading your plant is a difficult task when you might not get any additional revenue from it (since TWC tends to get a large share of whatever market it's in by default). Why add downstream and upstream bonded channels when a 4/1 system can handle 50/5 speeds most of the time, and your DSL competition can't even come close (ahem, AT&T). Some areas of Dallas. Sadly ours is one without FIOS.
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09129800 join:2012-06-27 New York, NY	reply to treichhart said by treichhart: When is TWC going to be catching up with rest of them like Comcast,Charter in speed wise like 100-300Meg? Charter and Comcap may appear to be offering faster speeds - but that is all an illusion. Both of those companies have mandatory bandwidth caps on their residential subscribers. Trust me, you do NOT want Time Warner to be more like them. Comcap may have a 300 Mbps speed tier, but with their new 300 GB caps and overage charging scheme, you'll be looking at a bill of $25,000 in one month of maxing that connection out 24/7. Meanwhile, on Time Warner, you can max out their 50 Mbps connection all month long and they don't give a shit. No caps, no overages. As far as the amount of bandwidth you get, Time Warner is the clear winner over all the other capped cable ISPs. You're allowed to transfer more data in one month on a Time Warner 50 Mbps connection than you're allowed to transfer in four and a half years on a Comcast 300 Mbps connection unless you want to pay thousands of dollars in overage fees. 300 Mbps with a 300 GB cap vs. 50 Mbps with no cap = can transfer over 16 terabytes of data in a month. said by iansltx: TWC competes with FiOS in a couple areas (Dallas being one of them, NYC being another). In others, they compete against local FTTH outfits (two in NC). In still others, they've been overbuilt by WOW or Grande Communications. WOW doesn't offer anything better than TWC, but Grande does (110/5 vs. 50/5). Don't forget that Time Warner is fixing to get their asses handed to them by Google in Kansas City too. Kansas City is a lost market for Time Warner now and they are struggling against Verizon FiOS in New York City and Dallas. That's three large markets that they need to do something serious to compete in.
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osravens join:2011-01-26 Cumberland, MD	reply to treichhart Charter has basically announced they're not really enforcing caps in their markets now. They're not like what Comcast has started in Nashville.
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kilrathi join:2005-04-22 Rockaway Park, NY	reply to treichhart speed is fine the way packages are now with twc, just keep the connection clean, no packet losss etc and no caps, i be happy with that for long time.
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juilinsandar Texas Gooner Premium join:2000-07-17 San Benito, TX	+1
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BAF Baffles Premium join:2004-02-22 Gansevoort, NY	reply to treichhart If they were proactive rather than reactive in their competition, maybe people wouldn't switch away. If the only reason I'm getting faster speeds from TW is because Google or Verizon is coming to my town, then I'll switch. Support the guys who pushed the faster speeds into your city. I would switch in a heartbeat if I could get Google fiber or FIOS, without a second thought. But if they were giving me more than the bare minimum, I may consider staying.
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