[TriLUG] OT: TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE

[Greg Brown]

I have Comcast on the Outer Banks and TWC is world's ahead in terms of
service.  I have maximum speeds for Comcast on the outer banks (3 meg down,
1 meg up).  Sad, I know.  But deal with that network and all it's falkiness
and you'll be running back to TWC with open arms.

On 6/11/07, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:
>
> Shorter TWC: "We advertise our premium service as 8Mbps.  However, we
> reserve the right to not give you that if we feel like it, or to
> arbitrarily give you less based on rules which you are not allowed to
> know."
>
> I agree that a little competition would be a good thing.
>
> At least they're not Pure Evil like Comcast with their limited unlimited
> service.  This is just Mostly Evil.
>
> I used to have DSL, but they could barely deliver 1Mbps down and 200Kbps
> up.
>
> --bak
>
> OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> > ...read on past this article for my 2c.
> >
> > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18468495
> >
> > TIME WARNER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF PACKET SHAPING TECHNOLOGY
> > NATIONWIDE
> >
> > June 6, 2007 -- Time Warner today implemented a network management tool
> > to improve the operation of the network for all subscribers. As a
> > result, a small minority of users may experience slower speeds during
> > peak hours when using certain applications that consume lots of
> > bandwidth. You can address this situation by reducing your use of
> > bandwidth-intensive applications during peak hours. "Peak hours" are
> > generally in the evenings.
> >
> > "Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup
> > applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks
> > and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to
> > audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the
> > right to implement network management tools for other applications in
> > the future.
> >
> > Customers are reminded of the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy at
> >
> >> help.rr.com/aup:
> >>
> >
> > * The Road Runner service may not be used to engage in any conduct that
> > interferes with Road Runner's ability to provide service to others,
> > including the use of excessive bandwidth.
> >
> > * The Road Runner service may not be used to breach or attempt to breach
> > the security, the computer, the software or the data of any person or
> > entity, including Road Runner, to circumvent the user authentication
> > features or security of any host, network or account, to use or
> > distribute tools designed to compromise security, or to interfere with
> > another's use of the Road Runner service through the posting or
> > transmitting of a virus or other harmful item or to deliberately
> > overload or flood that entity's system.
> >
> > Customers are further advised that efforts designed to circumvent our
> > network management tools may be in violation of our Acceptable Use
> > Policy and may result in account suspension without warning.
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > ====================
> >
> > 2c.
> >
> > I don't agree with this for so many reasons ...and really wish we could
> > choose between cable providers. I'd even be willing to pay MORE ...if I
> > could get something like OOL (Optimum Online, for all my non
> > north-eastern bretheren), or FIOS.
> >
> > But nooooo, the man's sticking it to me ...and I'm forced into Time
> > Warner (if I want a broadband connection). I have their 8mb service
> > (Premium), and after this month will be dropping it. Its not worth it. I
> > hardly ever get the speeds they advertise (even if I'm on during
> > non-peak hours), and my upload speeds are heavily throttled (25-50kbps)
> > at best.
> >
> > Anyone else feel like this?
> >
> > /me equips Tin-Foil Hat +1
> >
> > ...what's to say they don't:
> >
> > - Change "Peak Hours" to be from 5am - 9am, and 5pm - 10pm M-F; 9am -
> > 12pm and 5pm - 12am S-S?
> > - Force users who use "encryption" aka, IPSEC, SSL+TLS ftp's, or some
> > other form of encryption into switcing over to their "business" service,
> > because home service should only be for surfing the web.
> >
>
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