Time Warner Boosts Cable Speeds

By Nate Mook | Published December 15, 2004, 1:46 PM

Time Warner has unwrapped a holiday gift for its cable Internet subscribers: faster downloads. The company plans to roll out increased speeds of 5Mbits and 8Mbits per second, a 2Mbit boost for its standard and premium RoadRunner cable offerings. Customers in New York will see the improved download speeds starting next Tuesday, while the rest of the country will reap the benefits come January. Time Warner says it will not increase prices for its 3.7 million broadband users.

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Gotta Love TWC. They sure do a good job of keeping us happy :-)

So I'll be paying $45 per month for 5Mb download speed. That rocks!

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What about the upload? Will that be increased as well, becuase that's where it matters my good sir! Also will all plans be increased as well, as in premium and business class?? I WANT UPLOAD! Thanks though TWC...

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Time Warner READ MY LIPS ... its UPLOAD bandwidth
we want!!!!!!!!

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damn kids and thier ratio's :) its a b**** trying to keep a 1:1 with 384k upload :P

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This is why I wanmt Time Warner and not crappy Adelphia. TW is one zip code away from me but I can't get it! I hate Adelphia cable and want Time Warner!

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you're not going to get it for free for dumb bittorrent uploads.

on the other hand i'd be happy to pay 10 extra bucks a month to use it when i'm uploading stuff to the company server from home.

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All this does is give them a reason to raise the prices like they do every year. And as the others posted, we need faster upload speeds.

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COMCAST NEEDS TO TAKE A HINT

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Upload speeds are going from 384 on what is now the regular package to 512. However, those who are happy with their speeds right now will be able to save money and purchase a "lite" package for like 26.95 a month.

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