Time Warner RR Service going to 6Mb / 512Kb...

[Double Trouble]

Looks like RR will be offering 6Mb down / 512 Kb up 'premium' service through Time Warner service. 6Mb down is pretty sweet, but 512Kb up is "meh" (not bad, but not great either).

To immitate Jokersmoker:

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Enjoy!

 

[abracadabra1]

nice upgrade...but why aren't Broadband ISPs providing more speed for upload?? I have service w/ Bellsouth @ 3Mb down and a disgraceful 384kb up :|

 

[Lonyo]

Is upload that much worse than download?
In the UK, SDSL (512/512) is about as much as 2048/256 ADSL, it's stupid.
Is upload that much different ISP side to download?

 

[Confused]

Upload does come at much greater expense than download. The ISP have to pay more for upload than download.

Also, cable technology means that if you saturate the upload, the download comes to the same speed, and there is less upload capacity overall compared to download capacity.

That is why they are not providing such good upload speeds, plus the fact that most people don't need it.


Confused

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

$65 a mont?

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
$65 a mont?

yeah, looks like it.
i'm satisfied with 3Mb/256k for ~$40

 

[whalen]

Originally posted by: Confused
Upload does come at much greater expense than download. The ISP have to pay more for upload than download.

Also, cable technology means that if you saturate the upload, the download comes to the same speed, and there is less upload capacity overall compared to download capacity.

That is why they are not providing such good upload speeds, plus the fact that most people don't need it.


Confused

Upload/Download doesn?t cost any more to the ISPs, its pretty much all the same to them. The reason behind the lower upload caps is that if upload speeds are saturated, then when other users are trying to surf the web, etc, the ACK packets needed to acknowledge that a packet was received are severely delayed. If you think about it, one or two people using BitTorrent would cause a ton of problems for an ISP. Since upload speeds aren't really unneeded, unless you are running a server of some kind (which is often against the TOS of your ISP), there is no need for high upload speeds.

EDIT: Most ISPs dont buy ASymetrical bandwidth. They would buy a DS3, etc, which is ~45Mbps up and down.

 

[Anubis]

this is the 3rd time this has been posted and it sucks cause 512 isnt that much better then the 384up i allready get

i dont need 6 megs down 3 is fine I WANT MORE UPLOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[helloedchen]

i'm using it right now.

managed to get about 800KB/s, quite lovely. uploads at about 60-65KB/s. not shabby for something i dont pay for

 

[Kalvin00]

I hate all you spoiled people who whine about 'oh my 384 up is so terrible'

Try living with ~30 up and then tell me its pathetic :roll:

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: abracadabra1
nice upgrade...but why aren't Broadband ISPs providing more speed for upload?? I have service w/ Bellsouth @ 3Mb down and a disgraceful 384kb up :|

You think you have it bad???

Insight is 3mb down and 128kb up.

If I want to pay a more than $30 premium over the $45 standard charge, I can get a whoping 384kb up.

How's that for suck?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
I hate all you spoiled people who whine about 'oh my 384 up is so terrible'

Try living with ~30 up and then tell me its pathetic :roll:

it is terrible when you wain hours to upload stuff to your website

30 would suck tho. is that all you can get?

 

[asm0deus]

i just hope RR never bans bittorrent transfers, if they do, im out

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
I hate all you spoiled people who whine about 'oh my 384 up is so terrible'

Try living with ~30 up and then tell me its pathetic :roll:

it is terrible when you wain hours to upload stuff to your website

30 would suck tho. is that all you can get?

Yep, and 50 down is all I can get. Care to guess what my connection is?

 

[oniq]

Man, this 768Kbps connection is looking ever so pathetic

 

[Vortex22]

I'm using 3m/384k RR right now... it's fine for me, not gonna spend the extra $$ for that upgrade.