Did TWC just raise the throughput limits? I've been getting 1MB+ download speeds all day today for different servers... weird...

4/12/2009 4:11:50 PM

twc sucks. no matter how they try to swindle customers to stay.

4/12/2009 5:04:39 PM

it's not any faster, they just started measuring in baud.

4/13/2009 12:53:13 AM

My internet has been drastically slower, but my roommates' is fine. Would they manually limit my IP after my 24/7/365 torrenting?

4/13/2009 1:36:31 AM

^sarcasm? i can't tell, because in the past i've had roommates with unbridled torrent habits, who thought nothing of it.

4/13/2009 2:04:06 AM

Nvm, fixed it.

4/13/2009 6:39:09 AM

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"Did TWC just raise the throughput limits? I've been getting 1MB+ download speeds all day today for different servers... weird..."

Yeah dude, I dunno wtf is going on. For the past few days I've been randomly getting 1.1MB/s off torrents and shit. Standard RR. One of the speedtests at dslreports.com is telling me 13Mbps.

4/13/2009 10:51:52 AM

Holy crap.

Maybe TWC temporarily enabled burst speeds for us. I got 11.6mbps to greensboro, then tested greensboro again and got 5.6mbps. Then tested norfolk and got 5.6mbps... Then I did this DC test.

[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM. Reason : My brother in Cary isn't getting speeds like this. Must just be our area.]

[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 11:21 AM. Reason : That is, this is probably going to go away before the end of the day.]

4/13/2009 11:11:39 AM

Just tested in Charlotte and got 7968 kbps. That's higher than usual. It's usually around 5500.

4/13/2009 12:04:25 PM

Yeah I'm downloading a few things and getting fairly normal speeds with random spikes in throughput.

Was hoping that I could take advantage of uber-fast speeds and download some gametap games while the bandwidth was way up there but apparently I have no such luck.

4/13/2009 12:13:46 PM

From Cary

4/13/2009 5:34:33 PM

What I just got to greensboro. I'm still getting 24mbps (burst speeds, at least) to DC. I haven't yet had any download go that fast though, just the speed test.

4/13/2009 5:39:02 PM

They're going to get you used to downloading large things very quickly so you'll be addicted by the time they start charging 5 cents per tww refresh.

4/13/2009 5:42:58 PM

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 8:14 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2009 8:10:02 PM

ugh, okay, so i'm jealous. they need to upgrade the low-income part of gorman st.

4/15/2009 12:58:06 AM

^^thats totally different then Road Runner

4/15/2009 12:59:19 AM

its road runner just for business. its EXPENSIVE!!!

4/15/2009 11:50:22 AM

we pay $1200/month and only get about 3 down

fucking blows. we're suppose to get 10

4/15/2009 11:56:31 AM

4/15/2009 12:04:38 PM

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"its road runner just for business. its EXPENSIVE!!!"

you can get business class at home. its just way more expensive but you do get a lot more for your money as far as service/support.

4/15/2009 12:11:21 PM

slowest rr business evar?

4/15/2009 12:48:14 PM

I'm hoping the competition from UVerse forces RR to raise their upstream cap to at least 1Mb or so. I'm so sick of waiting half an hour to upload a handful of images to Flickr...

4/16/2009 9:27:31 AM

No way, destructive competition will drive prices higher

4/16/2009 9:58:13 AM