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| Re: Interesting... 'Packet shaping' technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony.
You may want to read what they said again. From the above it looks like they have implemented it on applications that are audio, video, and VOIP. In addition, they have left it open to anything else they may want to do it to.
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Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
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| Re: Interesting... said by Skippy25  :You may want to read what they said again. I was only mentioning that I have seen my own torrents beat up, whereas newsgroups remain smoking fast. So as far as I can tell, for my ISP, I guess they're differentiating between torrent traffic from other data, including newsgroups.
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join:2005-07-17
Buckingham, PA | Yea, and VoIP is not a "high bandwidth" application...quite the contrary. That one sounds more like a competitive play to me... | |
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join:2003-02-15
Sanford, FL
| For those of us who are bandwith "hogs" and are tech savvy this is meaningless. With the right port forwarding settings in your router, this is easily worked around. The only people that will be affected are the ones who arent savvy enough to adjust said settings. | |
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Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
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| Re: Interesting... said by ph03n1x :For those of us who are bandwith "hogs" and are tech savvy this is meaningless. With the right port forwarding settings in your router, this is easily worked around. The only people that will be affected are the ones who arent savvy enough to adjust said settings.
Are you counting yourself among "tech savvy" people? Current shaping tech is not defeated by merely changing ports. It also looks at protocol signatures in the packets, traffic patterns and other factors. | |
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join:2005-01-13
Port Orchard, WA
3 edits | Great! Now that TWC has opened Pandora's Box, I wonder how long it'll take them to implement this across all their market segments. I'll probably see this before I'll see those higher speeds that I've been wanting here in San Diego. Throw some invisible caps in there too while you're at it! 
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| Re: Great! Not only have they opened Pandora's box they also left open the idea of traffic shaping on VoIP and other applications. I work from home and rely on VoIP and VPN, if they started shaping based on protocols and ports for those technologies I would be screwed.
This is exactly why we need net neutrality laws. Certain things need protection from this crap. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: Great! If you are "working" from home, use a business account. This isn't net neutrality at all if TW and other providers shape traffic across the board and don't diminish other providers' offerings in contrast to their own service offerings. | |
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| Re: Great! I have an Earthlink account of TW Cable. I had them specifically note my account that work usage was permitted including VOIP.
I'd be really pissed if TW decided to packet shape my connection because I am not on a Road Runner account and Earthlink doesn't make this distinction. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: Great! Ok, then when you VPN connection to your employer is packet-shaped, then don't bitch if you are on a residential plan. | |
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| Re: Great! First, the business/residential model no longer makes sense. Residential users now use technology that was regarded as business and vice versa. Exchange server, push mail, vpns, use to be the purvue of business, now they are commonly used for residential.
Second, when I gave up my naked DSL (which I can't get back) for Earthlink cable, I told them this was a deal breaker, went through the clauses with them and had it noted. The problem is most companies add a clause which lets THEM but not ME rewrite a contract at their pleasure.
Third, the distinction was drawn in a world where the lines between home and office were much better defined than they are today. The average non-clerical office worker works at home on a semi-regular basis. These contracts were a product of a different day.
Fourth, they are essentially a contract of adhesion. While Point I demonstrates that we have some power to protect ourselves, the industry has the power to change the contract at will.
My problem is not that they meter for truly excessive bandwith, it is that Time Warner seems to say that many uses such as VOIP are abusive, even if you only make ten calls a month on them. | |
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join:2004-01-26
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| Re: Great! My comment was directed at BloodRoses' statement, but I'll answer your points as well.said by stufried :First, the business/residential model no longer makes sense. It absolutely makes sense. Mail servers and VPN connections are nowhere close to commonly used by residential customers. Even so, use of those services are irrelevant IMO. The point of a business connection vice a residential connection is the increased level of support (maybe an SLA), less restrictions on what you can and can't do, and probably minimization of practices such as packet-shaping, capping, etc.said by stufried :Second, when I gave up my naked DSL (which I can't get back) for Earthlink cable If I were you, I'd speak to Earthlink about your concerns. Who knows, you may discover that TW's packet-shaping doesn't apply to you and you are worrying for no reason  said by stufried :The average non-clerical office worker works at home on a semi-regular basis. If you are using your connection for business, then you or your employer should be paying for a business account. If you are conducting business on a residential account, then you have no grounds to complain if it doesn't work.said by stufried :the industry has the power to change the contract at will. Of course they do, but you also have the option to dissolve the contract if you don't like the new change(s). | |
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| Re: Great! On the exchange server point, I'd point out that mail2web.com is now giving away free exchange my account. As smart phones get even more popular push mail technologies such as Exchange are going to get more popular. Just look how many mobile companies are pressing personal Blackberry plans.
Beyond that I'll let the disagreement stand as it is. I don't want to get into a side fight. You're correct that Earthlink hasn't made these assertions and my only real concern is VOIP. They are not crippling VPNs or Exchange server and I can do my e-mail just off a basic DSL line. I had 512 down/128 up when I lived abroad and it worked fine. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| Re: Great! said by stufried :On the exchange server point, I'd point out that mail2web.com is now giving away free exchange my account. You do realize that isn't hosting your own Exchange server on your home connection right? That service is no different than Hotmail, Gmail, or your ISP's mail service. | |
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| Re: Great! I recognize that I didn't put things clearly above because I wasn't drawing a clear distinctionb between hosting and accessing. I was referring to accessing an exchange server, accessing a vpn, and accessing a sip server. I was not referring to hosting. I would agree that hosting is different. Skip business v. home, hosting is barred by most TOS. | |
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What If
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Austin, TX
clubs: | Re: and you want me to sign a contract? There is no contracts with cable. | |
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What If
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| Re: and you want me to sign a contract? I'm sorry. You might be right. I had my rooommate order RR a few weeks ago. She said she got it for a year because I am probably going to be around for that long. i just thought that she didn't know what she was talking about seeing as how in Jan. I didn't have that option.
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join:2004-01-26
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is there a clause that if you abuse their , you can get out of contract? You could always read the contract to find out | |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | unbelieveable. I see the Evil of the North has managed to find its way south of the border. this is truely a disappointing day. | |
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Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
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| Re: unbelieveable. said by inteller :I see the Evil of the North has managed to find its way south "They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We can not hold them for long. Drums.. drums in the deep. We can not get out.. we can not get out....we can not get out..."
What if Sauron also brings you free healthcare...?
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Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | Re: unbelieveable. free healthcare is not all its cracked up to be when it comes with a big side helping of pansyness. | |
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| said by Raptor :said by inteller :I see the Evil of the North has managed to find its way south "They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We can not hold them for long. Drums.. drums in the deep. We can not get out.. we can not get out....we can not get out..." What if Sauron also brings you free healthcare...? Its not free - it costs money to implement, and is paid for through massive government taxation.
Try again. | |
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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| Re: unbelieveable. Hah... you still pay that massive government taxation in the US for 'county' healthcare system which is unusable by those that pay into it. Its set for those that come across the borders into California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and don't have an SSN. | |
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join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL
| It won't be free, you'll be paying another payroll tax. Your pay tub could read like this:
Federal Income Tax: $605.00
Federal Medicare Tax: $41.60
Social Security Tax: $212.15
Social Medicine Tax: $212.15
On top of the payroll tax you'll have copays and you'll also need supplemental health insurance. Since employers would be paying a Social Medicine Tax they certainly wouldn't help to pay for the supplemental. | |
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Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
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| Re: unbelieveable. said by lesopp :It won't be free, you'll be paying another payroll tax. Your pay tub could read like this: Federal Income Tax: $605.00 Federal Medicare Tax: $41.60 Social Security Tax: $212.15 Social Medicine Tax: $212.15 Hmm, my pay stub says:
Federal tax
Employment Insurance (Unemployment, etc--not healthcare related)
CPP (Canada Pension Plan)
Thats it! I'll get the CPP back, and the EI if I ever need the EI.
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by lesopp :It won't be free, you'll be paying another payroll tax. Your pay tub could read like this: Federal Income Tax: $605.00 Federal Medicare Tax: $41.60 Social Security Tax: $212.15 Social Medicine Tax: $212.15 On top of the payroll tax you'll have copays and you'll also need supplemental health insurance. Since employers would be paying a Social Medicine Tax they certainly wouldn't help to pay for the supplemental. Ok first fo all if you are paying $253 in SS and medicare taxes combined your paycheck is nearly $3300 gross. Even if it's for 2 weeks that's $85K a year. Quit your bitching you have it made. And I doubt that a "social medicine tax" would be $212.15 even bi-weekly. I can get a private pan cheaper than that.
Also a poor person making the 2009 minimum wage of $7.25 would be paying $935 a year for this. Most employers offer insurance cheaper than that. | |
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join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA | Federal Income Tax: $605.00
Federal Medicare Tax: $41.60
Social Security Tax: $212.15
Family Plan Healthcare: $468.00
I'd rather see 212.15 ANY day! | |
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Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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2 edits | said by inteller :I see the Evil of the North has managed to find its way south of the border. this is truely a disappointing day. And inevitable, given the actions of many P2P users who run their link at 100% 24x7 downloading and uploading music and videos that they will never listen to or watch.
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | Let me summarize... i.e. - "The speed at which you can download pr0n may vary".
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Enjoy the sun
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| Re: Let me summarize... said by Topmounter :i.e. - "The speed at which you can download pr0n may vary". Hopefully someday we will have prices that better reflect actual usage of each subscriber. If the traffic shaping doesn't work, pay per byte will be the next step.
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: Let me summarize... We can only hope...at least as long as the pay-per-byte service isn't shaped. | |
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That VoIP Guy
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join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI | VoIP service degration? Hrmm... Packet shaping on VoIP.... Hope that includes their own VoIP solution.... | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| said by quetwo :Hrmm... Packet shaping on VoIP.... Hope that includes their own VoIP solution.... If TW's VoIP service rides IP outside of their network's border then I agree with you that it should be shaped as well. If their VoIP service hits a switch and is no longer IP before leaving the network's border, then I see your question/statement as irrelevant. | |
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join:2003-10-13 | Re: VoIP service degration? I don't like what they are doing with VOIP one little bit, but you can even maintain a 711 connection at their crippled speed. You just need QOS. As they start pushing this, more carriers will start offering G729 codecs as well which should help. | |
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Nowhere did they say they're assigning a lower priority to VOIP traffic. Packet shaping doesn't automatically mean that everything gets slower, it's not that much different from the concepts of QOS. | |
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8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | Re: About time Comcast doesn't need to...they simply cancel those users. | |
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join:2006-04-26
Grand Ledge, MI
| I pay for my pipe and I will suck as much bandwidth from it as I want. This technology is horrid for places like mine where the node balance is even. In places where nodes are overloaded I can see bandwidth hogs being a problem. It should if at all be implemented on a case by case basis. Sounds like someone is either trying to get a contract or they have a score to settle with bandwidth hogs *oink oink*. I run WASTE servers off my itty bitty cable connection and purposely use my bandwidth to full capacity. I just hope the FCC wakes up and helps eliminate the "up to" speed advertisements and loophole. I'm paying for 6Mbps/356kbps connection not up to XX/XX. If I wanted to pay for "up to" then my rates that I pay should depend on what speed I am getting. | |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD
| Re: About time I hate to burst your bubble but no one gets guaranteed 6Mbps for $45/month. A dedicated T1 costs a couple hundred dollars and it only maxes out 1.5Mbps. Ever think that sharing might be exactly the reason you're getting such a discount in the first place? | |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA | I see this impact my usage and I'll be cancel I'm in FiOS territory and unlike some TWC customers don't have to tolerate this BS. | |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
Premium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo | Yet? "TWC currently does not employ any enforced bandwidth caps"
384Kb/s upload, UID/PWD off-network SMTP not permitted, now traffic shaping. Bring on the caps! | |
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join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
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| Re: Yet? said by fireflier :"TWC currently does not employ any enforced bandwidth caps" 384Kb/s upload, UID/PWD off-network SMTP not permitted, now traffic shaping. Bring on the caps! Heh, that's why I use POP3 to send my off-network mail to my off-network host accounts.  Works like a champ. | |
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fireflier
Coffee. . .Need Coffee
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join:2001-05-25
Limbo
·Skype
| Re: Yet? While I like TWC's tech response better than Adelphia's, Adelphia DID allow us to SMTP off their network. Losing that capability kinda sucked. I was also getting 1Mb/s up before TWC "assimilated" me. Now I get less than 384K.
Granted, I'm not uploading a LOT of stuff, but geeze, is 1Mb that hard?
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Phillip M Dampier
join:2003-03-23
Rochester, NY
| Newsgroups Are Throttled + Complaint Contact Info Actually, the reason I discovered this is that they -are- shaping newsgroup traffic. My Giganews account plummeted in performance, and when I tried an alternate provider and got the exact same throttling with no latency issues, I contacted TW and got written confirmation they are packet shaping newsgroups as well as p-2-p technology. This apparently began June 6th. Others across the country are now getting verbal confirmation from Level 3 tech support that suggests (along with the language of their e-mail) that this is going to be rolled out across the country.
I got another e-mail response this morning suggesting that complaints about this policy be directed to Road Runner's national management, another clue that this is not going to be a limited thing. My complaint is included below if folks want something to model theirs from:
date Jun 8, 2007 3:23 AM
subject Re: Newsgroups (KMM5263477C0KM)
Thank you for your response.
Thank you for your feed back about this issue. Please feel free to send this feed back to our Customer Care department to have this heard at an executive level. Our Customer Care department can be contacted at customercare@ndc.rr.com . I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause! My reply to their management:
I am writing as a customer of Road Runner since 1998 to complain about the implementation of the "network management tool" Road Runner has recently implemented to packet shape newsgroups, peer to peer, and other high bandwidth applications. There are many legitimate and completely legal uses of these services which have now been severely impacted by the implementation of this technology, making them nearly unusable at the "peak traffic times" Road Runner activates this technology.
What is particularly upsetting to me is that I pay an extra fee to Time Warner Cable every month for your "premium" level of service which is supposed to provide speeds approximating 15mbps down/1mbps up. The reason I pay an extra fee is to enjoy this higher level of service and compensate Time Warner for the additional impact I may place on the network while utilizing those services. That level of service has now been rendered completely useless and I can see no need for Time Warner to continue offering it if you are going to handicap your users' ability to rely on the speeds advertised.
When your packet shaping technology is in use, thruput on those services has dropped to nearly 400kbps, far less than the level of service I had with a basic, standard Road Runner account. This kind of performance is completely unacceptable, and as more and more broadband video applications rely on the kinds of peer-to-peer or newsgroup-style traffic which you feel a need to "manage," the ability of your customers to use those completely legal services becomes nearly impossible.
Road Runner has always marketed itself as the fastest high speed experience in my area. That is clearly and unequivocally no longer the case, even with the slower advertised speeds your local DSL competitor advertises. With your "network management tools" in place, their marketing department can now legitimately advertise DSL as providing a far faster user experience, something that can be easily demonstrated using common Internet applications that are now being heavily "managed" by Road Runner.
I strongly urge you to expand your network to meet the ever-growing needs of your customers who, like everyone else, are being marketed legal and fully legitimate applications which require the kinds of bandwidth that Time Warner itself has always marketed as being available from Road Runner. That clearly is no longer available from a company that has chosen to throw roadblocks up for their customers instead of properly managing and growing their network to meet the needs of your customers. | |
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join:2002-12-19
00000 | Re: Newsgroups Are Throttled + Complaint Contact Info I am glad I am not with roadrunner anymore. If I was my account would be closed. I hope ISP's are ready to take a hit over this. Once upon a time RR was a good isp. | |
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| Re: Newsgroups Are Throttled + Complaint Contact Info Well, so far my cantenna connections to my neighbors RR are still running strong. I guess I will soon find out how good all this packet shaping jazz turns out to be. There are those mouthing off about how I will eventually get caught and all that jazz but I know its just not the case. But this packet shaping stuff could be a problem for me. There is a new version of my p2p app making the rounds. I can only hope it has packet shaping buster built in, or I may have to settle for the slower DSL connections my cantennas also see. Bummer, and I was looking forward to those 10Mb/s speed upgrades. | |
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join:2004-06-06
New York, NY
| "When your packet shaping technology is in use, thruput on those services has dropped to nearly 400kbps, ..."
I WISH I had 400Kbps.
I'm currently averaging 7.9kbp/s for bittorrent downloads, and btw, RoadRunner's f**ked up traffic shaping implementation apparently identifies Applestore video downloads as 'torrents'. Tried to d/l the last episode of Scrubs - usually takes 20 minutes - now reading 6 hours! | |
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join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
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| gaming and torrents As soon as my gaming/torrents is affected I will have no need for internet. I use my Treo650 to get email, IM, weather, movie times, & googlemaps. I wish there was a way to get customers to actually band together. Don't pay TWC bill for 2 months and let company feel the pinch. | |
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| Re: gaming and torrents said by ossito16 :As soon as my gaming/torrents is affected I will have no need for internet. I use my Treo650 to get email, IM, weather, movie times, & googlemaps. I wish there was a way to get customers to actually band together. Don't pay TWC bill for 2 months and let company feel the pinch. Not paying your bill for 2 months will just get you disconnected for non-pay. I suggest you follow Dampier's lead and write a letter to upper management.
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join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
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| Re: gaming and torrents said by JSRoman :Not paying your bill for 2 months will just get you disconnected for non-pay. I suggest you follow Dampier's lead and write a letter to upper management. See what happened to Amp'd mobile when people did not pay there bills, Chapter 11. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: gaming and torrents If Amp'd actually owned their network, it would have been a different story. The only person that will feel a pinch if you don't pay is you. Late fees, bill collectors, and a big fat black mark on your credit report. Have fun. | |
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| Re: gaming and torrents Totally agree with you. If you are affected call them an as for a credit. Even though their TOS states that they reserve the right to alter their network, you signed and they signed a contract for 1 month with your bill ( don't forget you pay for 1 month in advance). Call them ask for LVL3 rep ask for a credit for slow speed, if he refuses ask for a sup and he might give you credit. Be nice do not argue with both. Say : "I am sorry you cannot provide me with a credit I am looking for, please put your sup on a phone." So its a win win situation for you. Do not fall behind on your bills. it will stay on your record for many years and you will end up paying more for any loan that you will be applying for. If its a mortgage it might cost you thousands.
When I signed up for their service they had special promo for SI residents. I signed up for it for 1 year, but next month my bill went up to regular rates. I called and got rude rep, who said because I added 2 boxes my rates went up. I hung up and called back. I got a nice lady on a phone. She tried everything she could, but because promo expired last month, she could not. she said she will put another person , who can. guess what, I was nice and I got it my way. | |
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join:2002-04-10
| B.S. on the Caps I battled Time Warner on caps about 3 years ago. I had a story here where they tried hitting Ohio residents with a 15 GB cap and like 10 dollars for every 5 GB or something over that. DSLREPORTS did a story on this. I contacted my local attorney general and better business bureau. I got them on the fact they offered unlimited internet connection. I told them you specifically state unlimited, i want to connect and download whatever I want on an unlimited basis. Otherwise, stop deceiving customers. Well that went on for a bit and spoke to a woman. About a few months later I got hit with a new round of the letters (got 2 of these I think). Both threatening a 40 GB cap and overage meant you'd be upgraded to business class. I once again contacted the attorney general and BBB. I spoke to same women each of these times. I could tell each time she called, she had this OMG not this guy tone. Anyhow, after the 3rd time and complaints, I haven't heard back from them in at least 2.5 yrs. Funny thing too, that "unlimited internet connection" disappeared off their website LOL. I don't see them advertising that anymore but i've sure been left alone. So in regards to the story at hand, check their site and look for a loophole. Often, their marketing leaves them open for such activity to not be legal. Since every Time Warner website varies, I recommend you closely scour through your own and see if theres a way around packet shaping. There very well might be in some of the wording. If there is, pursue it and make a huge ass fuss. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: B.S. on the Caps This thread is about shaping, not capping. Totally different method of controlling connection abusers. | |
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join:2002-06-20
San Diego, CA
clubs:
2 edits | hopefully this wont be so bad If they implement this unintelligently then I will be as pissed as all the doomsayers.
But hopefully this will be a good thing, though not sure if its necessary here in SD. Things never seem to slow down and I've been told by techs my nodes sees very heavy usage. Maybe this is just one way of dealing with having given people the 10/1 or whatever speeds they get in FIOS areas. I do worry that I am adversly affecting others so I leave heavy newsgroup dls for past midnight. If they know what is good for them they wont touch gaming, but I could care less if they throttle bit torrent or newsgroups during peak hours. That just seems to make sense if its heavily impacting everyone more less. Hopefully they can manage to do this pretty dynamically though, and not just say 4-10pm bt get 128kbps or something, that would be pretty weak. | |
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join:2006-10-16
San Diego, CA
| Re: hopefully this wont be so bad We will see I guess. AT&T is looking more and more attractive especially given the amount of money I am paying for both my Premium internet and cable TV especially if they are going to intentionally degrade the service. TWC should just sell the San Diego franchise if they have no desire to compete or be bleeding edge... | |
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kyler13
Is your fiber grounded?
join:2006-12-12
Arnold, MD | Re: Wow! That would be especially disturbing since VoIP isn't a constant draw and only consumes 64-128kbps at any given time. | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| I have no problem with this for newsgroup or torrent crap which we all know is mostly downloading illegally anyways so no I ahve no problem with this. They won't get a way with throttling VoIP and I'm against that.
I don't see why all the griping unless you are one of those bandwidth hogs and if you are sorry I have no sympathy for you. Also they say it's only durring peak hours. So just download your illegal copy of whatever TV show or movie you're too cheap to pay for durirng off-peak hours? If its really so bad switch to DSL or FiOS or something else. | |
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kd6cae
P2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Lancaster, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| What's the point of broadband if you can't use it! Wow I don't understand these ISP's reasoning for wanting to restrict user's ability to use the service they pay for for whatever they wish. Exactly why are the ISP's so concerned with how much bandwidth their users consume, when the users are paying them for a given speed package? If I want to host an FTP server, or run a multiperson conference server, or even run a p2p application, it should be my choice to do whatever I wish with my internet connection, and with users being given such crappy upload speeds as 384kbps, just what is the ISP worried about, when surely they're connected to their upstream providers at at least 1000mbps, perhaps more? This is the year 2007, and some of us want to actually take advantage of our broadband speeds, not just check email and surf small web pages. Heck if that's all the ISP wants us to do, I'm sure there is a decent dial-up provider that could serve those needs nicely! What good is broadband if we cannot take advantage of the speed offered with broadband! What's the point in having it if we can't do things like streaming audio/video, or being able to share files with folks. this is the internet for god sake, let us use what we pay for! | |
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SammyBK
I'D Rather Be Skiing
join:2000-09-07
Los Angeles, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| Business customers My roommates and I are very heavy users of newsgroups and bit torrent. Our upload is almost always maxed out, and we make use of our 15Mb download very often.
Because of our heavy use, we subscribe through the business department. Will this packet shaping affect business-class connections as well? If so, could it allow us to get out of our contract and switch to VDSL or residential cable? (We are in a 1 year contract for our cable)
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Done_Posting
Shoot to kill
Premium
join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
·buckeye cable
| What's the fuss? Why can't anyone ever understand that residential broadband has limitations that SLA'ed circuits don't? Folks complain that their $50 / month best effort cable connection doesn't allow them to max it out 24/7, and I just don't get it. The common complaint is that they pay $xxx for xxx Mbps, and if they aren't able to achieve that speed constantly "the greedy telco should upgrade their network."
Unfortunately bandwidth hogs are the minority, and the only true way to send any kind of message to your ISP is to cancel your service... then start praying for the day when inexpensive FTTH is brought to your area.
One more time, for those with difficulty comprehending: cheap broadband connection = limited, expensive dedicated circuits = warez / porn / ISO's full blast 24/7. You get what you pay for.
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findthosepennies
@verizon.net
| Penny Pinching cableco Well if they can't pinch pennies from AOL anymore.. they've got to get it from somewhere...
Hopefully it won't be predatory and the customer can tell them which short peer to fall off of when they switch to another broadband provider who doesn't packet shape! | |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| Clarification People,
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND how simple activities accumulate usage. I have sprint evdo with a BW counter. I track my usage. I got the unlimited plan and I'm often amazed at how 45 minutes of checking email, watching a few music videos on you tube, and chatting eat up. I think the average 45 mins is around 200 MB per session. Now imagine for someone that spends a lot of time on the internet. Say 6 hours a day JUST BROWSING and doing LEGAL activities. That would be around 1.2 GB a day x 30 days. You are talking 36 GB just for basic normal usage. That isn't figure anything illegal. The fact TW tried to institute a 40 GB capped really amazed me at the time. What exactly do these guys consider high usage to constitute traffic shaping? I can see if someone is using 500GB - 1 TB a month though I say anything over 1 TB / 1000 GB might warrant it. Below that, a person could simply be gaming a lot, watching videos online, and doing perfectly legal activities. Over 1000 GB a month I'd say they are definitely p2p'ing, newsgroups, etc. Either way, I'd still take TWC over ATT. I don't trust ATT after they cooperated with the U.S> government handed over all our data without any hesitation. TWC fought that. Therefore, unless it gets bad, I'll stick with these guys. | |
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Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping?
