  IgnitePremium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
UK | DOCSIS 2 Upstream Be interesting to see if they bother to use DOCSIS 2 upstreams or roll it out as they did originally selling 5Mbps up on channels capable of 9Mbps with latency and jitter beginning to degrade at ~6Mbps. | |
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| | Not surprising I am in Greensboro, NC which is a TWC and AT&T market. A city of 260,000 people in a metropolitan area of well over a million people and TWC still does not offer any Docsis 3.0 service here. Further, because AT&T is piddling around with offering U-Verse it means that there is little competition to give TWC the kick in the pants they need to get on with it. This report is not surprising at all. For those of us who live in the duality of AT&T and TWC and the twilight zone that exists because of these two stodgy, slow moving 20th century sloths we have only Docsis 2.0 and old tech DSL to work with. When one or the other finally decides to do a significant roll out here of either technology then the other will finally be forced to get off their lazy behind at the corporate HQ of either company and get on with it. I think a customer horse whip in the board room would do some good. Only for use on the executives of course. Maybe for some of the larger shareholders as well. | |
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join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | DUH They only roll it where they have FiOS competition. Which is why crummy Syracuse got it. Though that doesn't explain why RochChaCha is getting it.... | |
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join:2001-08-28
Rochester, NY | Re: DUH Well, they have to start it somewhere, so they probably want to start it in someplace that's as close to being nowhere as possible while still actually BEING somewhere - hence Rochester.
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|  davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
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| Re: Not surprising It's in testing in the Triad market. It's finally available in Charlotte after a long wait. When it becomes available in Triad, it will only be available to residential customers through their Signature Home product for the foreseeable future.
»www.timewarnercable.com/East/lea···and.ashx | |
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| | ke4pymPremium
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC | Re: Not surprising D3 was turned up for customers in Charlotte in August 2010. By October, D3 services were available to non-SH customers.
I don't know why they're dragging their feet in other markets. There's no serious competition here to speak of. | |
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| | | | | Re: Not surprising Yes, in Charlotte they now offer it in 2 tiers: 30/5mbps for $20 extra (added to the regular RR price) or 50/5mbps for about $50 extra.
The Signature Home service, which includes the 50/5mbps went up from $179 to $200 since November. It does include some nice features, including Digital Cable, Digital Phone, 2 "Whole-House" DVRs and the SH upgraded service (which basically means you get the kind of service they should have been offering all customers all along.) At $179 it was a good deal. At $200...not so much. | |
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join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY
1 edit | Albany, NY I saw advertisements to call TW and ask about wideband in Albany, NY FWIW, I don't know if it is available but the equipment is set up I was told by an employee.
edit. I checked and you can order the 50/5 package at $99.95
»www.timewarnercable.com/northeas···nternet/ | |
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| | 4G wireless Maybe they are worried about verizon wireless offering 4G wireless with speeds about the same as TW current cable modems. It's not unlimited but is an option. | |
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| | | Re: 4G wireless The couple times I tried my wimax connection on my evo (running cyanogen now, had to flash over to sense-based rom), I got more upstream on that than I get on my time warner cable modem, and almost as much downstream. And that's using roadrunner "TURBO". | |
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|  heat84Bit Torrent Apologist
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | said by rochacha :Maybe they are worried about verizon wireless offering 4G wireless with speeds about the same as TW current cable modems. It's not unlimited but is an option.
That's the real reason ISP's aren't upgrading isn't it? Not because they're cheap bastards. They're just waiting for everything to be wireless so they can ditch the wire altogether. It does make good business sense but I don't think it'll happen fast enough for that scheme to work.
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| | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Re: 4G wireless TWC threw in their lot with Clear WiMAX. In some instances Clear is faster than cable. In others not so much. In still others there's significant throttling if you go over a certain amount and the network is congested (which is unfortunately all too easy to do with Clear, dunno why). In still others you just can't get a signal.
For delivering internet-only (or internet plus voice) to rural areas wireless is great. But a CATV system is where it's at for multichannel video, wideband internet etc. at the moment. That or some sort of FTTH (RFoG, PON, Active Ethernet, two tin cans and a light pipe  ). | |
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kd6caeP2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Palmdale, CA | waiting for Docsis 3 in Socal I'm currently in Bakersfield, but am from Socal and may be moving back there soon, specifically to Palmdale, which is a former Adelphia now TWC area. When will Docsis 3 be rolled out there | |
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