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July 28, 2004 4:46 PM PDT

Road Runner zip-bangs to 6mbps

Time Warner Cable said on Monday that it will begin offering broadband connections at higher speeds--up to 6 megabits per second for downloads, and 512kbps upstream. Called Road Runner Premium, the cable Internet service will become available on Time Warner Cable's 31 systems across the United States beginning next month.

The service will cost between $64.95 and $84.95 a month. Subscribers to Time Warner Cable's broadcast services can get Road Runner Premium for $69.95 a month. Customers with broadcast and phone subscriptions pay $64.95

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The rest of the story seems to be missing
by Not Bugged July 29, 2004 7:14 AM PDT
When customers first signed up for Roadrunner it was that fast (and faster) to start with, then they decided to throttle the access down to a slower maximum and finally now sell the higher speed as a premium. Sounds more like a money making scheme to get more out what's already there.
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Time Warner Asymmetrical Issues
by jacomo July 29, 2004 7:25 AM PDT
The question the industry and the consumer, especially the commercial/business prospects, need to ask is why they keep kicking up the Download speed but keep the Return Path at Narrowband speeds. 6Mbps/512Kbps-come on guys get serious and come up with a real business service that allows true interactivity.
How about a serious 2Mbps or 4 Mbps Symmetrical Service tha real firms will need as they get over just using the Internet.
Return path on Cable Modem may be a big tech issue for these MSO
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What's the big deal?
by July 29, 2004 10:50 AM PDT
Rogers (here in Toronto) has been offering 6mbps with 800kbps upload for few months now (for $48 CAD/m). To be honets there is very small difference in typical browsing experience between 5mbps and 3mbps (standard broadband) since the pipe out of their network is usually a bottleneck and the target web sites themselves hadnling multiple ussers coming in at those speeds. The big difference is in upload speeds (or when accessing your PC remotely) 380kbps vs 800kbps.
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