Time Warner Launches Wideband Too
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Time, Warner, Wideband, Internet, NYC | Themes: The Internet
Time Warner is finally unleashing a Wideband Internet service, but only in NYC for starters.
Consumers with no other option but to subscribe to Time Warner's broadband service can finally have something to look forward to: 50 Mb/s downloads starting today. Sadly enough, the company is actually one of the last of the major U.S. cable providers to launch a DOCSIS 3.0-based "Wideband" Internet service, offering the impressive 50 Mb/s download speeds and 5 Mb/s uploads.
But don't get too excited: Time Warner isn't upgrading current subscriptions. In fact, this special service will cost a whopping $100 per month, but will also allow up to five separate connections to the Wideband service simultaneously. however if the price wasn't aggravating enough, the DOCSIS 3.0 Internet connection isn't available nationwide, but rather kicked off today in certain parts of New York City including Manhattan below 79th Street, Staten Island, and sections of Queens.
Time Warner is also offering two plans for Business Class Wideband Internet customers: up to 50 Mb/s downstream and 5 Mb/s upstream, or up to 20 Mb/s downstream and 2 Mb/s upstream. Business Class customers will also receive 24/7 support and 5 static IP addresses. Time Warner did not offer pricing details for Business Class, although the information is expected to surface later next year.
According to Time Warner, the Wideband service is slated to infiltrate the entire New York City service area by Spring 2010. There was no word on when the company expects Broadband Internet to escape from New York. Hopefully we won't have to go in and retrieve all that Wideband goodness Snake Plissken-style.
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I would not trust any internet provider that supports traffic caps, and as TW was among the first on that bandwagon, they get my -1 and a heartfelt "f..k you, TW!"
Also, think about it: with the caps in place and the speed they claim can offer, one could reach their limit in about 5 min... Same heartfelt wish as above!
I do not trust Time Warner.
LOL @ the pic
So not only is it only in New York City, but only certain parts of New York City? Hmmm...
Honestly, there's no reason for 50Mb/s a second. The highest I've ever gotten was 7Mb/s off a few torrents. Nothing could possibly upload to you that fast. Upload speed is so much more important for... well, pretty much everything, yet it's always so low...
I wouldn't even consider paying $70 for 50down/2up Mb/s. I would, however for 20down/10up.
I would dump slime warner if we had some competiton here in portland maine.
what caps will they put on this service ??
In canada you can get 5mbpsdown /5mbps up for 20 dollars a month lol
What is the point of faster connections when ISPs put caps on how much data you can download in a month? I have received two threatening letters from Comcast about my internet usage since I started my subscription to Netflix(I use it a lot) and since I have started working on my majors courses.
On top of Netflix, I play quite a bit on Xbox Live, I download a lot of movies(legally through Xbox Live Marketplace), I also download(purchased) music through Amazon, iTunes, and other places. I easily use up more than 250 GB in a month, but apparently Comcast dislikes this. Of course, I simply wrote and called back with my own threats and they have left me alone for the time being.
Telling people how much they are allowed to use a product they pay for is asinine and should be squelched by the U.S Government. I am vehemently against "big government", but they do have the right to regulate and the FCC needs to do their job and stop these artificial caps.
Hell, if the government is going to tell me I cannot smoke flavored cigarettes, then they sure as hell can fucking tell telecommunication corporations not to shit-can customers that move a lot of data.
Honestly, there's no reason for 50Mb/s a second. The highest I've ever gotten was 7Mb/s off a few torrents.
How do 7 simultaneous torrents sound?
boo canada
doesn't FIOS have 50/20 plan?
When are they going to release "This shit is fucking elasticband"?
Honestly, there's no reason for 50Mb/s a second. The highest I've ever gotten was 7Mb/s off a few torrents. Nothing could possibly upload to you that fast. Upload speed is so much more important for... well, pretty much everything, yet it's always so low...I wouldn't even consider paying $70 for 50down/2up Mb/s. I would, however for 20down/10up.
Can you say newsgroups!!! I dl from newsgroups with TW now at approximately 14mbps. Torrents is not the ideal format for dl'ing anything larger then a cd, nor is ideal in terms of hiding from the DRM police. And just in case your wondering I use SSL when connected to the newsgroups.
What is the point of faster connections when ISPs put caps on how much data you can download in a month? I have received two threatening letters from Comcast about my internet usage since I started my subscription to Netflix(I use it a lot) and since I have started working on my majors courses.On top of Netflix, I play quite a bit on Xbox Live, I download a lot of movies(legally through Xbox Live Marketplace), I also download(purchased) music through Amazon, iTunes, and other places. I easily use up more than 250 GB in a month, but apparently Comcast dislikes this. Of course, I simply wrote and called back with my own threats and they have left me alone for the time being.Telling people how much they are allowed to use a product they pay for is asinine and should be squelched by the U.S Government. I am vehemently against "big government", but they do have the right to regulate and the FCC needs to do their job and stop these artificial caps.Hell, if the government is going to tell me I cannot smoke flavored cigarettes, then they sure as hell can fucking tell telecommunication corporations not to shit-can customers that move a lot of data.
I can't speak for all but I've been using TW for several years now and trust me when I say I dl a bunch of sh*t (on average 150GBs a month) and not once have they bothered me.
Not this b*llsh*t again!!! I thought there was already a law that prohibits this specific kind of misrepresentation from ISPs/Telcos? Trunk/line speed for a given area =/= Trunk/line speed per unit/person in that area.
50Mb/s... Meanwhile, Japan and Korea get unlimited 1Gb/s internet
remember 50mb/s is NOT 50 megabytes/sec its megaBIT. so a 50megabit connection is only what 6.25ish megabytes/s.
i have Comcast 22mb connection and i can easily download 10GB(gigabytes) in 30 min. granted that is with good torrents. and i have on several occasions uploaded (accidentally mind you) over 100GB over night
Screw Time Warner...they are OVER in my book. As soons as I have competition I'm switching.
Was this entire article just an excuse to put a picture of Kurt Russell on your site? Come on.
Honestly, there's no reason for 50Mb/s a second. The highest I've ever gotten was 7Mb/s off a few torrents. Nothing could possibly upload to you that fast. Upload speed is so much more important for... well, pretty much everything, yet it's always so low...I wouldn't even consider paying $70 for 50down/2up Mb/s. I would, however for 20down/10up.
You have obviously never downloaded from a decent newsgroup provider.
Honestly, there's no reason for 50Mb/s a second. The highest I've ever gotten was 7Mb/s off a few torrents. Nothing could possibly upload to you that fast. Upload speed is so much more important for... well, pretty much everything, yet it's always so low...I wouldn't even consider paying $70 for 50down/2up Mb/s. I would, however for 20down/10up.
Your a moron! "Upload to you" no you idiot its download to you. Upload means you are sending to the server, download means you are receiving it.
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Your a moron! "Upload to you" no you idiot its download to you. Upload means you are sending to the server, download means you are receiving it.
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No, sir, it is you who has diminished mental capacity. Supertrek32 means that the source he is downloading from has a limited upload rate. The source's upload rate probably will not keep up with his max download rate unless multiple downloads are initiated at once.
Cable I am shocked that they are not dead with all the effort Verizon has put into their Fios campaign. I mean their lowest speed 15mb DL and 5mb UL at not even $50 a month compare to what Time Warner is trying to do...
^well maybe if FIOS was avaialbe everywhere it would take off. Can't wait for it to get to me.
Last time i checked the business class for 5 down 1 up cost a whopping 250$..... Screw tw cable, waiting for FIOS to come.
What is the point of faster connections when ISPs put caps on how much data you can download in a month? I have received two threatening letters from Comcast about my internet usage since I started my subscription to Netflix(I use it a lot) and since I have started working on my majors courses.On top of Netflix, I play quite a bit on Xbox Live, I download a lot of movies(legally through Xbox Live Marketplace), I also download(purchased) music through Amazon, iTunes, and other places. I easily use up more than 250 GB in a month, but apparently Comcast dislikes this. Of course, I simply wrote and called back with my own threats and they have left me alone for the time being.Telling people how much they are allowed to use a product they pay for is asinine and should be squelched by the U.S Government. I am vehemently against "big government", but they do have the right to regulate and the FCC needs to do their job and stop these artificial caps.Hell, if the government is going to tell me I cannot smoke flavored cigarettes, then they sure as hell can fucking tell telecommunication corporations not to shit-can customers that move a lot of data.
TW and other cable provider is not regulated by the FCC. They are not consider utilities company. So, they can do or say whatever they want.
You guys make me laugh. In New Zealand we cannot get uncapped broadband. some people live in areas where ADSL2 is available but everywhere else it's plain old ADSL so the average internet connection here would be 4Mbps down and 128Kbup!. Plans range from 1GB (NZ$20)up to (NZ$150) 150GB. There are plans that are technically uncapped, but are throttled to the point where they are only 3 or 4 times better than dialup. So before you all start complaining that you are getting a raw deal from these big companies, sit back for a moment and try to see how well you have it.
Um.... how about 50Mb/s downstream with 20Mb/s upstream? Cuz Fios already has that. And for $64.99/month you can get 25Mb/ down with 15Mb/s up.
And its pure FTTP. Time Warner is just a tad behind there.
Fios could be great, but around here (well a little north) Fios is looking to sell off there assets.