HOT: Charter upgrades SOME cable Internet subscribers to 2.0Mbps for free!

BillGates · Sep 20, 2003

I currently have 1.5Mbps service through Charter in Madison, WI, as does a friend. We've been hearing rumors of a 3.0Mbps service on the horizon but nobody at Charter is talking.

Anyway, today he got a letter from them (sent via Western Union - weird) saying that they're upgrading him to 2.0Mbps for free, good through March 2004. Nothing needed to be done, basically the next time you connected it would be at the faster speed. I've noticed that my speeds at home have been faster in the past few days, so it made total sense.

Then I got to work and learned that a few coworkers have 256k service with Charter and ALSO got the letter - they're now at 2.0Mbps!! I am somewhat disappointed because I'm paying my original higher price for my original faster service and now we've all got the same thing.

In any case, I'm not sure if this is a local/regional thing or if they're doing it nationwide. I will try to get a scan or pic of the letter tonight when I get home.

We've still got a long way to be a wired country like Sweden or the Koreas, but this is a start!

ASK CHARTER FOR FASTER UPLOAD SPEEDS IF YOU CONTACT THEM!!

EDIT 1: LINK

EDIT 2: It appears that Charter is not doing this in all markets.

insite · Sep 20, 2003

I am on Charter and had to do diagnostics on my modem last week and it had me listed at a 2.0 Mbps connection (I am supposed to have 1.0 Mbps)- I have not received any notification letter, though.

gizzard · Sep 20, 2003

How can I find out if this upgrade is available in my area?

Edit: Whoa, just ran DSLReports test and I'm getting 2.0 Mbit too. Nice!

rectifire · Sep 20, 2003

Any change in the upload speed?

insite · Sep 20, 2003

Originally posted by: rectifire
Any change in the upload speed?

None to my knowledge... mine still showed at 256K.

HotshoT69 · Sep 20, 2003

Old news guys, we've been talking about this for over a week.

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/charter

dealseaker · Sep 20, 2003

wow just checked at http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ and i got 2 megabits per second, i pay for the cheapest they got, i thought it was 512 or 768, oh well, i am happy now, great deal for me

Crank · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: BillGates

We've still got a long way to be a wired country like Sweden or the Koreas, but this is a start!

The Koreas!?!?!?
Just how many megabits does Great Leader allow his people to have?
How many websites are they allowed to connect to?

Too bad they can't get something to eat instead of browsing the propaganda on www.NorthKoreaIsBest.com

Antagon3 · Sep 21, 2003

I tested on 3 different sites, and it says Im getting 3.0 to 3.4 mb/sec, guess I got a better upgrade

weepul · Sep 21, 2003

grrrrr, when will i get my upgrade!!! someone from my city already got upgraded. still waiting....

//krunk (^_^x)

dlaw · Sep 21, 2003

I am in Madison, WI too, but I ran the test, it says 800kbps.... I hope I can get 2Mbps.

annihilator · Sep 21, 2003

How much is it for the cheapest service? Anyone know if this is available in L.A.?

weepul · Sep 21, 2003

wheeee! just did a speed test. 240kB/s (1937kbps). nice

too bad upload remains @ only 15kB/s (121kbps).

//krunk (^_^x)

DogFromDuckhunt · Sep 21, 2003

I live in CA and did not get the speed boost. I just reset my cable modem (twice) and still nothing. Oh well, my download is pretty much fast enough, I wish they would upgrade our upload instead.

whistleclient · Sep 21, 2003

actually Crank,

South Korea is has the highest percentage of people who have high-speed Internet connections: between 60 and 70 percent of all households in South Korea have a broadband connection, and and there are around 15,000 cybercafes. This works out to a rate of 21.3 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, whereas the US has only 6.9 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The average South Korean user spends twice as much time online than the average Internet user in the United States. Also, competition between broadband providers has led to faster connection speeds and lower costs than a lot of areas in the US. Now, as to North Korea, that's another story...

Lonyo · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: tangent1138
actually Crank,

South Korea is has the highest percentage of people who have high-speed Internet connections: between 60 and 70 percent of all households in South Korea have a broadband connection, and and there are around 15,000 cybercafes. This works out to a rate of 21.3 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, whereas the US has only 6.9 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The average South Korean user spends twice as much time online than the average Internet user in the United States. Also, competition between broadband providers has led to faster connection speeds and lower costs than a lot of areas in the US. Now, as to North Korea, that's another story...

I think he was talking about the fact you said Koreas, not South Korea

Everyone knows Korea (South) is one of the leaders in broadband.

cdh6 · Sep 21, 2003

FOR SOCAL CHARTER CUSTOMER,

AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE UPGRADED TO 2mbps/128. ANY QUESTIONS BOUT CHARTER, LET ME KNOW( I WORK AT CHARTER).

HardOCPmember · Sep 21, 2003

yup im in SOcal and I just check and I know have 2mbps instead of 768k. Ihave a killer deal as well I pay $49.00 for internet and digital cable. I have on question though. Do you think there is any way possible to get a better upload speed. My family beta testd for charters cable service for one year. We had a 386 in th ose days that we paid over $2,000 for.

FluxCap · Sep 21, 2003

Yep, I noticed. I was getting like 50k/sec for the last year and about 2 weeks ago my downloads were about 150k to 250k/sec. Awesome surprise in time for Half Life 2 !

alm4rr · Sep 21, 2003

AAjax · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: cdh6
FOR SOCAL CHARTER CUSTOMER,

AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE UPGRADED TO 2mbps/128. ANY QUESTIONS BOUT CHARTER, LET ME KNOW( I WORK AT CHARTER).

Hehehe, those cheap bastages at charter, only letting you have the all-caps keyboard huh?

IshmaelLeaver · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: AAjax

Originally posted by: cdh6
FOR SOCAL CHARTER CUSTOMER,

AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE UPGRADED TO 2mbps/128. ANY QUESTIONS BOUT CHARTER, LET ME KNOW( I WORK AT CHARTER).

Click to expand...

Hehehe, those cheap bastages at charter, only letting you have the all-caps keyboard huh?

They only hire the best...

HotshoT69 · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: cdh6
FOR SOCAL CHARTER CUSTOMER,

AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE UPGRADED TO 2mbps/128. ANY QUESTIONS BOUT CHARTER, LET ME KNOW( I WORK AT CHARTER).

Please tell me this is a joke.

SaigonK · Sep 21, 2003

2mb eh? Woohoo for you guys in Charter land!
Oh wait..I have the business plan for Adelphia here...3MB/768...ah well.

Plus work (my employer) pays for my internet connection since I use it for On-call work.

HotshoT69 · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by: SaigonK
2mb eh? Woohoo for you guys in Charter land!
Plus work (my employer) pays for my internet connection since I use it for On-call work.

While we're bragging, I am the employer. ;-)

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HOT: Charter upgrades SOME cable Internet subscribers to 2.0Mbps for free!