gotta love those talking heads
On 19 Jan 2005 21:11:33 -0500, Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same as it ever was... bandwidth running over cable. Same as it ever > was... > > 2005-01-19 20:55:07 EST: down 2640kb / up 349kb > > As part of my work (with VoIP phones) I take regular bandwidth > measurements at various sites that use RoadRunner - mainly my home > connection and several Triangle Businesses. RoadRunner over all does a > very good job with maintaining consistent network access, but I haven't > seen any recent increases in either Upload or Download speeds. > > If it's true - I look forward to seeing even happier Soho customers in > the future! <as long as they keep those latencies low and steady...> > > Jon Carnes > http://www.featuretel.com > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 18:10, matusiak wrote: > > Hello all -- > > > > This may be old news to some, but it certainly came as a surprise to > > me. Just stumbled upon this link while browsing for broadband > > connectivity. > > > > http://content.rr.com/rdrun/increase.htm > > > > --- > > TIME WARNER CABLE BROADBAND CUSTOMERS RECEIVE ANOTHER JUMP IN SPEED > > > > Road Runner Enhancements Enable Customers to Take Full Advantage of > > the Web's Increasingly Media-Rich Content at No Additional Cost > > > > STAMFORD, CT, December 14, 2004 â Time Warner Cable today announced it > > will increase the maximum download speed of its high speed Internet > > service to 5 mega-bits per second (mbps) from 3mbps. Time Warner > > Cable of New York and New Jersey broadband customers will see the > > increase in speed beginning today. Customers in the company's other > > markets across the country will receive the faster speed in January. > > > > Customers of Road Runner, Time Warner Cable's flagship high-speed > > Internet service, and customers using other ISPs via the Time Warner > > Cable network, will now enjoy even greater value as this speed > > enhancement is being delivered at no additional cost to consumers. > > The download speed of Road Runner's premium level of service is also > > being enhanced to 8mbps downstream from 6mbps. > > --- > > > > First of all, I didn't know there was ANY home connection possible in > > the 6-8mbps range. So, the premium service offering is a complete > > surprise to me. Unfortunately out of my price range (somewhere ~$70-99 > > depending on how much awesome TWC programming you decide to subscribe > > to). > > > > Still the increase of "regular" Road Runner connections from 3mbps to > > 5mbps is impressive. Have any of you with RR connections noticed a > > marked improvement? > > > > Thanks! > > dave m. > > > > -- > > Have you pre-ordered you Darth Tater? > > > > http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/01/19/tater.doll.ap/ > > index.html > > -- > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
