[TriLUG] OT: RR Turbo in South Durham blocked ports?

[Reginald Reed]

One word - competition.  Cable's only competition here is DSL and
cable offers faster advertised speeds.  Game over.  Until
AT&T/Bellsouth starts using the fiber they have deployed in some
neighborhoods (like Woodlawn in NW Raleigh), you probably won't see
anything faster.

When I moved into Woodlawn in early '97, we were one of the first
houses in the last phase of construction.  As the
*ix/networking/telephony geek/nerd that I am, I harassed the installer
when he was lighting up my POTS and ISDN (lol) lines.  When he removed
the cover to the box and plugged in his remote terminal into the
console jack, I nearly wet myself.  It was a Marconi FTTC/IFITL box:
http://www.mynetwatchman.com/kb/IFITL/ifitlonu3.jpg

I had big hope once I looked Marconi up and saw that the equipment was
capable of VHDSL speeds of 30+Mbps back then (10 yrs ago!).  Even the
installer said, "No we aren't doing DSL right now, but I could give
you a DS3."  In Woodlawn, there is a box every two houses and *8*
pairs of copper are run to each house from the closest box, never more
than 2 yards away with buried cable.

So AT&T has the infrastructure to do *much* higher speeds in *many*
places in the Triangle, but they simply don't.

On 9/6/07, Paul G. Szabady <Paul at thyservice.com> wrote:
> Well, if anyone is interested in hearing how bad you're getting ripped off
> by TWC....
>
> I just came back from a week in MA where my sister has ***BASIC*** comcast
> service.  I ran some speed tests and she was consistently getting 17-18MB
> down and 2.5-3.0MB up!?!?!
>
> What gives w/TWC service?  I thought I was getting great service until
> now....
>
> --
> Paul
> @ Thy Service
>
> > On 9/6/07, Nick Goldwater <trilug at dogstar1.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> ----- "Brian Henning" <Brian.Henning at datadirect.com> wrote:
> >> | Hi Gang,
> >> |
> >> | Is anyone on RoadRunner's Turbo service package in South Durham
> >> | (around
> >> | Southpoint) and can speak authoritatively on the subject of blocked
> >> | [inbound] ports?
> >>
> >> I live in South Durham and have never run into an issue of any kind. I
> >> have had TWC service since > they rolled it out. I am hoping that
> >> Verizon will get moving on FIOS to start the price wars! I have
> >> heard that TWC is building up their infrastructure. Can anyone confirm
> >> this?
> >
> > I'm fairly sure that TWC in this area has one of the best networks in
> > the TWC family.  So I'm certain that as soon as a viable alternative
> > comes to town, FiOS or otherwise, TWC should be able to up speeds
> > *instantly* to most of the area.
> >
> > The sad thing is I live in a brand new neighborhood (oldest house is
> > ~18 months old) that is serviced by Verizon.  The area was completely
> > new and needed new infrastructure and guess what Verizon installed?
> > Copper!  Before my home was finished I harrassed an installer and
> > asked him what the deal was and he said there weren't any plans for
> > fiber.
> >
> > I think it comes down to all the gov't approval and the fact that FiOS
> > sits in a odd regulatory space.  Its one of the reasons the pricing is
> > so good for the service, they are avoiding taxes.  Other providers
> > aren't happy about it and they are trying to block them from entering
> > markets where they must pass on regulatory costs to the consumer.
> >
> > *NOTE - I think TWC pricing is darn high and feel they could lower the
> > cost to the consumer and still make money.
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