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story category San Antonio's 6Mbps Roadrunner
Tier so far only available in one market
(old news - 10:07AM Tuesday Apr 27 2004)
tags: bandwidth · cable
While Time Warner and Roadrunner have begun offering 6Mbps/512kbps cable service in the San Antonio area, there's currently no indication the tier will make its way to any other market. Users in San Antonio can sign up for the $70 tier, but customers from our Roadrunner forum who have called in to see if the tier will be available in their city have received little more than shoulder shrugging. While San Antonio may be a test market, it also may simply be an anomaly. While most cable companies operate in a fairly unified fashion, Time Warner and Roadrunner have enforced caps (see letter), offered new tiers, and even tinkered with prices in some markets but not in others.

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ViviTheMage
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come to minnesota....
permalink · 2004-04-27 09:56:24 · Reply to this

andunn

join:2001-09-06
Linn Creek, MO

Re: mn

Man, and as soon as other cable and DSL companies start moving and start rolling out 6M service it'll take Charter 1-2 years to catch up Always one step behind the competition.
permalink · 2004-04-27 10:05:34 · Reply to this

MarkyD
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Re: mn

said by andunn See Profile:
Man, and as soon as other cable and DSL companies start moving and start rolling out 6M service it'll take Charter 1-2 years to catch up Always one step behind the competition.
Same with Cox.
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permalink · 2004-04-27 10:39:24 · Print · Reply to this

jvigier
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 Makes me wonder if RR has been nuilding this up for a while. Their speed rating numbers for the Phoenix and San Diego area had been abnormally higher than avergae for quite a while before the announcement.

There are also quite a few other companies operating cable networks with higher bandwidth (OOL for example). Hopefully this forces the rest of the cable operators to take notice.
permalink · 2004-04-27 10:55:00 · Reply to this
blazyr

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San Francisco, CA

Re: mn

said by jvigier See Profile:
Makes me wonder if RR has been nuilding this up for a while. Their speed rating numbers for the Phoenix and San Diego area had been abnormally higher than avergae for quite a while before the announcement.
Huh? Phoenix & San Diego are CoxHSI territory - and rest assured not enjoying any panacea of connectivity.
permalink · 2004-04-27 14:55:18 · Reply to this

Hall
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In my area when ??

People need to remember that the different Time Warner franchises across the country operate independently of one another.
permalink · 2004-04-27 10:12:21 · Reply to this

Bleek
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Re: In my area when ??

said by Hall See Profile:
People need to remember that the different Time Warner franchises across the country operate independently of one another.
Exactly - BTW, nyc.rr is offering RR Premier under Business class service for a montly fee of $799.95 - With advertised speeds of 4000/1500

»www3.twcnyc.com/NASApp/CS/Conten···#premier
»www2.twcnyc.com/index2.bus.cfm?c=new_bus/rr
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permalink · 2004-04-27 10:32:51 · Print · Reply to this

Hall
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Re: In my area when ??

Damn, $800/month for "cable internet". What kind of SLA do they have on that ??
permalink · 2004-04-27 10:49:31 · Reply to this

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Re: In my area when ??

said by Hall See Profile:
Damn, $800/month for "cable internet". What kind of SLA do they have on that ??
I'd be interested in seeing that as well.
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permalink · 2004-04-27 11:09:30 · Print · Reply to this
ArkiMage

join:2001-06-30
Kingsport, TN

Re: In my area when ??

I'm holding an advertisement a customer of ours in SC received from Time Warner/RR for "Business Class" broadband that offers all the way up to 6.0/2.0 for $999.95/mo! Expensive, but compare to a 1.5/1.5 DS1 circuit and the price is favorable. From experience though I'd have to give the nod to the T-1 over the cable in the rock-solid department though...
permalink · 2004-04-27 12:27:03 · Reply to this

Matt
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Re: In my area when ??

You can get a 4Mbps x 2Mbps connection for $499/month here.
permalink · 2004-04-27 14:26:28 · Reply to this

gregshap

join:2000-11-27
Austin, TX		 I get 3000-512 from Time warner in Austin with 5 statics for 89.00.
permalink · 2004-04-28 13:12:19 · Reply to this

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said by Hall See Profile:
People need to remember that the different Time Warner franchises across the country operate independently of one another.
Exactly. San Antonio most likely rolled this out to say they offer a speed as fast as the SBC DSL 6Mbit plan.

Most likely this will not be seen anywhere else outside of the SBC service area.
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permalink · 2004-04-27 14:28:00 · Print · Reply to this
niko01

join:2004-01-19
Houston, TX

Re: In my area when ??

Exactly. TW offered this service in SA because it is SBC's hometown. This is about as useful (outside of SA) as a campaign promise....
permalink · 2004-04-27 16:28:44 · Reply to this
hottboiinnc
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Re: In my area when ??

This service is already being offered in a NON SBC Area of Cicni Bell in Ohio.
permalink · 2004-05-09 15:46:59 · Reply to this
hottboiinnc
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 Yes they do but speeds role out across the country at different times. I contacted RoadRunner Customer Service/Tier 2 for my area and they told me if those services are starting to be released in other areas to expect them in other areas by the end of the year.

But also SA does not have anything on their web site about these speeds at all like the other TWC areas.
permalink · 2004-04-27 15:47:00 · Reply to this

the_buz

join:2004-02-15
Yorba Linda, CA

Take note, Adelphia.

That service (in terms of bandwidth) beats the hell out of the package adelphia offers: 4000/512 @ $90!

Oh yea, hopefully Adelphia upgrades to these speeds (or beyond).
permalink · 2004-04-27 12:27:09 · Reply to this
hottboiinnc
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This has been released that it is availabe in NYC a beta test. and is suppose to be for sale there as released by TWC themselves and was listed on this site at one time.
permalink · 2004-04-27 15:30:41 · Reply to this
NrN

join:2000-05-14
San Antonio, TX

heh, too bad.

I live in San Antonio, will be sticking to Sbcs 45.95/mo package tho for my 6mbit
permalink · 2004-04-27 19:47:57 · Reply to this
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