Time Warner Boosts My Speed, Cuts My Bill

Post by rolleiflex » Thu, Jan 31, 2013, 3:53 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #12

krazybig wrote: post #3

This article is factually inaccurate. Time Warner is rolling this change out across the country, not just in the Kansas City area. Here's the announcement from December: http://www.twcableuntangled.com/2012/12/we-are-boosting-down... Frankly, Time Warner needs to increase their internet speeds to keep up with LTE. I have one of the higher speed options and my LTE speeds are about twice what I experience on my Time Wa…

I have a 50mbps Time Warner connection and all I got was a letter telling me that I would have to pay $8 a month to rent a $10 modem. One thing I've noticed since moving to New York City from Chicago is that nobody has to even try in New York because the captive audience is so large that even the worst-run business will make tons of money. ("We don't take credit cards." "A $5 fee will be added for paying your bill on…

Post by bennyg » Thu, Jan 31, 2013, 3:59 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #12

krazybig wrote: post #3

This article is factually inaccurate. Time Warner is rolling this change out across the country, not just in the Kansas City area. Here's the announcement from December: http://www.twcableuntangled.com/2012/12/we-are-boosting-down... Frankly, Time Warner needs to increase their internet speeds to keep up with LTE. I have one of the higher speed options and my LTE speeds are about twice what I experience on my Time Wa…

I have a 50mbps Time Warner connection and all I got was a letter telling me that I would have to pay $8 a month to rent a $10 modem. One thing I've noticed since moving to New York City from Chicago is that nobody has to even try in New York because the captive audience is so large that even the worst-run business will make tons of money. ("We don't take credit cards." "A $5 fee will be added for paying your bill on…

Post by biomechanica » Thu, Jan 31, 2013, 4:10 AM UTC

narcissus wrote: post #14

kennywinker wrote: post #8

Meanwhile in Canada, internet prices trend upwards, and google fibre-esque offerings are nowhere to be seen.

I don't know where you are, but believe it or not the competition between Eastlink and Bell Aliant FibreOp are making the market pretty good here in the Maritimes. I think, anyway. I pay $99/month for 50M/50M internet, phone and TV (with the movie network, a couple of extra 'networks' and the full home DVR). Admittedly, that's for 12 months, but I can renew at that price for another 24 months after that. If worse com…

Post by kennywinker » Thu, Jan 31, 2013, 4:13 AM UTC

narcissus wrote: post #14

kennywinker wrote: post #8

Meanwhile in Canada, internet prices trend upwards, and google fibre-esque offerings are nowhere to be seen.

I don't know where you are, but believe it or not the competition between Eastlink and Bell Aliant FibreOp are making the market pretty good here in the Maritimes. I think, anyway. I pay $99/month for 50M/50M internet, phone and TV (with the movie network, a couple of extra 'networks' and the full home DVR). Admittedly, that's for 12 months, but I can renew at that price for another 24 months after that. If worse com…

Post by pault » Thu, Jan 31, 2013, 4:34 AM UTC

kennywinker wrote: post #28

narcissus wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know where you are, but believe it or not the competition between Eastlink and Bell Aliant FibreOp are making the market pretty good here in the Maritimes. I think, anyway. I pay $99/month for 50M/50M internet, phone and TV (with the movie network, a couple of extra 'networks' and the full home DVR). Admittedly, that's for 12 months, but I can renew at that price for another 24 months after that. If worse com…

Sounds a lot better than Vancouver. I'm paying $45/mo for 15 down 1 up, with a bandwidth usage cap. You literally can't get home internet for less than $40/mo, and the speed you get when you pay that is a joke.