Read if you use Time Warner Cable Modem Internet Access

[Robor]

Yep, it sucks. I'm on RR and I do some big downloads from time to time. Some VCD's, pre-releases, software and games, etc. I also game from time to time and I don't know the amount of bandwidth used but the send/receive is normally hammered during the sessions. Doesn't seem to matter if I'm hosting or not - the lights are always going. Gotta be sucking up some bandwidth there.

When this happens, will I have to go to a TW admin site to check my monthly usage? You know, a bud calls you to game and it's late in the month so you go to the admin site only to find you're just 25MB from the download cap. How much does Medal Of Honor use in bandwidth? Do you risk it and game anyway? Do you pass on the gaming? What a joke.

Wait a minute, I wonder if the "business class" service of RoadRunner is limited in monthly bandwidth? I know it uncaps the modem's upload/download speed. Yes, it also costs like $40 more per month but if it's faster and there's no limit, it's worth it, right? AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Get out! Get out! Time Warner's taking over my brain!!!!!!!!!

 

[Crucial]

Isn't this what caps are for? I pay for my cable service and I expect to use it to the fullest. I didn't sign up for the service so I could download part of my available bandwidth. If it's there and I am paying for it, why shouldn't I be able to use it. When we signed up for the service did they tell us "now you can dl at this speed but we only want you to dl this much bandwidth"

It's all about money and how they want more of ours. If they were really worried about bandwidth they would cap it more. This is just another way for them to soak some more money out of the consumer.

 

[Night201]

Good point...

 

[Nocturnal]

i just wish we could do something. but i guess not. we just gotta be the stupid sheeps and live life. even though some of us switch over to dsl, or whatever else there is, they'll still have millions or in fact, billions of dollars pouring in from sheep who dont really know about this crap.

 

[Crucial]

Bump to keep the sheep informed.

 

[Wheezer]

DU Meter Use this to help keep an eye on how mcuh you DL/UL.

Until they cap it I'll be a downloading fool

 

[oLLie]

<< Isn't this what caps are for? I pay for my cable service and I expect to use it to the fullest. I didn't sign up for the service so I could download part of my available bandwidth. If it's there and I am paying for it, why shouldn't I be able to use it. When we signed up for the service did they tell us "now you can dl at this speed but we only want you to dl this much bandwidth"

It's all about money and how they want more of ours. If they were really worried about bandwidth they would cap it more. This is just another way for them to soak some more money out of the consumer. >>


I've got TW . Is Cox faster than TW? I've already heard Comcast sucks. My friends DSL sorta pales in comparison to my cable too... damn greedy TW.
*edit* look at this page on the COX site. Think Cox will be fast/faster than RR? Maybe it's time for a change of cable provider...
*edit2* so I put in my ZIP on their page and as of yet they do not "serice my area". Well I wish they would hurry up, my special area needs some servicing now! And time warner just isn't able to satisfy me! hehe I call this edit: "Fun with Innuendos"

 

[DanFungus]

Hope my ISP doesn't do this



<< If one home or business is using its connection to transfer large amounts of data, performance for all other homes or businesses that rely on the same access pipe is affected. >>


They said that this didn't happen, although everyone knows it does, but false advertising maybe if my ISP does this?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I will pay more if I must because there's no way I'm ever going back to dial-up :frown: and DSL isn't offered in my neighborhood yet.

 

[Maleficus]

TW is SUCK

grrr Time to move to some place that has Optimum Online

 

[JonathanM]

two words: THIS SUCKS!!

I do lots of downloading every day, I work from home and as a result do video confrencing, instant messaging, downloading company reports, I probably d/l over 100GB/month. This sucks!

 

[Gooberlx2]

"Aaaargh, looks like ye pirates will actually have to buy CDs and DVDs, like the rest of responsible society."

Call me a pirate will yeh? Them arrr fightin' wurrrds. Ahoy mateys! Grab yer swords and man the canons, we're goin' ta battle!

Seriously though, that's pretty gay because 99.999% of the DivXs I download (thus atleast 70-75% of my downloads) are stuff not licensed in the US (fansubbed Anime and foreign films).

 

[toant103]

that suck. go with dsl

 

[LeStEr]

Basically 85% of all cable users use their connection for e-mail and icq, complete bs in the first place because they dont need the connection for that sh|t. The other 15% are downloading and hogging in other ways so whats the problem? It all evens out or so I think so.

 

[Danman]

HAH! That's why I love my DSL. Suckas!

 

[AaronP]

13 divxs goin all at 100k/s the other day. on kazaa

my penis is bigger than yours.

 

[JellyBaby]

If shouldn't bother any of you. You should all be playing catch, spin-the-bottle and monopoly with your friends.

 

[bigrash]

man that sucks cause I have Road Runner. Looks like i'm gonna have to change to RCN or maybe DSL

 

[oLLie]

What's one of those sites that tells you all the broadband options based on your ZIP code?

 

[Derango]

www.dslreports.com

 

[db]

<< 13 divxs goin all at 100k/s the other day. on kazaa >>



<< my penis is bigger than yours. >>


BTW, how much is "too much", amount-wise? Maybe it would be wise for people to bitch now--what have you got to lose?--so they don't limit it *too* much.

 

[sharkeeper]

<< DU Meter Use this to help keep an eye on how mcuh you DL/UL.

Until they cap it I'll be a downloading fool >>



That is exactly why the service is being capped.

Greed works both ways! :|

Cheers!

 

[Pocatello]

I use Cable One, I wonder if they are going to follow TW, with my luck, probably.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

<< Bet if you looked hard enough you'd find the RIAA having there hand in this somehow. >>

You don't have to look very hard. Time-Warner is a pretty big part of the RIAA.

 

[chickendinner]

Glad i dont