Jonathan, still hoping for Google Fiber in Southern Indiana. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 23, 2016, at 10:45 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thoughts: > > 1. Yeah, TWC steps up to the plate and AT&T sues. Says a lot about their > respective leadership. > > 2. To be fair, TimeWarner WILL raise their rates; just not right away. Until > Google gets here, who else are you going to go to for a serious internet > connection? AT&T has no technology to compete. Their Uverse is just glorified > DSL. I don’t think they can do it as easy as TWC can. > > 3. It’s not going to be all rainbows and unicorns with TWC, though. They > haven’t the infrastructure to give EVERYone the higher speeds all the time. > Your speeds will suffer even more in the evening after the switch. It still > has the potential to be way better than it is, but they always say “up to” > when they talk about their speeds, and it is common knowledge that it is > shared bandwidth in your neighborhood. Lots of heavy downloaders, > “cable-cutters” who will get their TV from streaming sites, and greater > market share will really put a strain on TWC’s infrastructure. Unless they > have been planning this for a long time (it seems like a reaction to Google, > though) there are going to be some bumps in the road until it’s a reliable > service. > > Just my $.02. > > Jonathan > > >> On Mar 23, 2016, at 9:11 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Finally, did any of you in our area get the mailing from TimeWarner? Seems >> the Google fiber scare is causing a bit of polishing of their offerings. I >> currently have the 50 meg down with 5 meg up…that will be increasing to 300 >> meg down, 20 meg up and NO INCREASE IN COST. All I have to do is call for >> the new modem. If you have the standard 15/1 that will go to the 50/5. The >> 20/2 will go to 100/10, and the 30/5 will go to 200/20….and the bold header >> says at no extra cost to our current plan. They will notify us when it’s >> available in our area…. >> >> Don’t you love competition, or even the threat of it!! > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [email protected] > > Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group > Next Meeting: 4/26/16 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
