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Comments on news posted 2009-04-22 11:50:15: According to GigaOM, Time Warner Cable appears to be pouting a week after unprecedented consumer backlash forced the carrier to shelve their metered billing ambitions. ..

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RARPSL
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Suffern, NY

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2009-Apr-23 2:59 pm

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Re: DOCSIS3 is a Strawman

said by dvd536:

said by RARPSL:

While they can claim to eventually deploy DOCSIS3 (the latest Buzz Word), look at what they CURRENTLY offer. 5/.768 is their top tier leaving lots of room for increased DOCSIS2 speeds before they would need to offer DOCSIS3 to increase their speed tiers.
Look at Cablevisions BOOST product on D2 at 38000 / 5000
Which I have (I am a CV Boost User). I referenced this difference in support between TWC/RR and CV in NYC where they split the city between them in another thread/comment. Just north of where I live is a TWC/RR areas where they offer the same SLOW tiers.
· actions · 2009-Apr-23 2:59 pm ·

ReVeLaTeD
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San Diego, CA

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2009-Apr-23 6:19 pm

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Re: Comcast should just buy them out

said by DaveDude:

Now is the time to put TW out, Comcast offer them something, like a suitcase, not full of money, just a suitcase.

TW customers should just cancel and move to Dish or Fios.
Satellite for internet = not a viable option.
FiOS = not available consistently throughout an area. Case in point: my sub community is called Rancho Bernardo. Spotted points (the rich areas) of RB are lit up, the others are not. My only choices for internet are (A) U-Verse/DSL and (B) TWC. AT&T as a provider is absolutely horrid so I won't go to them on principle. Beyond that TWC has been good to me overall.
· actions · 2009-Apr-23 6:19 pm ·
elray
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Santa Monica, CA

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2009-Apr-23 7:07 pm

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Re: Why?

said by bobobobo :

Can anyone explain why we would possibly need 50 MBPS speeds? That seems like some ridiculous overkill, unless you are just constantly downloading extremely large (or multiple) files. I know file sharing is big but really?
American Entitlement Syndrome.

No matter how inexpensive broadband access has become, no matter how much speeds have increased, no matter how many investors have lost their shirts on sunk capital costs and subsequent bankruptcy, the ISP is still "greedy".
· actions · 2009-Apr-23 7:07 pm ·

Jim Kirk
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2009-Apr-23 10:04 pm

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Re: A cable company can't pout.

said by SuperWISP:

Yet another anti-ISP article from Mr. Bode. Apparently, he just can't stop hectoring Time Warner.
If the shoe fits...
· actions · 2009-Apr-23 10:04 pm ·
hottboiinnc4
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Cleveland, OH

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2009-Apr-27 3:46 pm

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Re: Time to seize their franchises

That does not include businesses. Sorry. And no I don't pay for Time Warner cable. They pay to do business in my area but i don't pay them. You ONLY pay them if you're a customer. Sorry.
· actions · 2009-Apr-27 3:46 pm ·
hottboiinnc4
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2009-Apr-27 3:51 pm

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Re: That company is finished

As far as what i said about them selling systems in Ohio. They did. They sold off a few systems to Windjammer The first part of the year. It was put on the Help.rr.com page.

But they also kept ALL of the other money making markets.
· actions · 2009-Apr-27 3:51 pm ·

Bit00
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Bit00 to hottboiinnc4

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2009-Apr-27 3:56 pm

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Re: Time to seize their franchises

You absolutely pay for it. Their operations directly affect their competitors and what they can get away with.
· actions · 2009-Apr-27 3:56 pm ·
hottboiinnc4
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hottboiinnc4

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2009-Apr-27 4:19 pm

not with me, local cable company
· actions · 2009-Apr-27 4:19 pm ·
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