[TriLUG] TWCNC in Durham alternatives [WAS: time warner business class]

[Jos Purvis]

I'm *really* curious to hear people's suggestions for alternatives in
Durham! We've been using Verizon business-class DSL, which (thanks to
a hefty discount through $EMPLOYER) is essentially free for 3Mb/384Kb.
It's not bad (static IP, no filtering), but I'd love to get a bit more
download speed for the buck if there's another provider that would
offer something better for less than $75/month. TWC is tempting, but
the idea of bandwidth caps for torrenting is keeping me away (does
their business class have that, too?).

    --Jos

On Nov 27, 2007 5:14 PM, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
> Dont get me wong guy, my home service in Raleigh has been rock solid,
> but the business class service we received in Durham was less than
> satisfactory.
>
> Dave
>
>
> James Tuttle wrote:
> > Brian Henning wrote:
> >
> >> On that note, anyone in the area subscribe to the residential "Turbo" RR
> >> service?  I do, and have never seen as much as 5mbps on this supposedly
> >> [best-effort] 8mbps line..  The customer service representative (located
> >> in Canada) could not escalate my service call since my traceroute RTTs
> >> were within spec (and wasn't prepared to understand that round-trip time
> >> has only marginal relation to bandwidth).
> >>
> >> I'm eager for alternatives.  This is, of course, residential class and
> >> not business class, and I'd like, if possible, to stay in the
> >> residential $50 price-range.
> >>
> >> ~Brian
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> >> Behalf Of OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:58 PM
> >> To: trilug at trilug.org
> >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] time warner business class
> >>
> >> please do. i'd be interested. i've been considering business class due
> >> to the dwindling performance of my regular home line. once they put the
> >> packet-shaping hardware in, my bandwidth has been cut more than 1/2 of
> >> what it used to be.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Carl Crider
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:40 PM
> >> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] time warner business class
> >>
> >>  I second the above statements. As a sys admin for a local [Durham]
> >> non-profit, our service was not worth the 20% discount. Notes, the
> >> firewall support [if you use their hardware] is farmed out to another
> >> provider, and it was terrible.
> >>
> >>  I have a large list of "not good" things. You can email me for the
> >> rest.
> >>
> >> -Carl
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Nov 27, 2007 4:27 PM, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> We had em for a while for our online learning servers. We could almost
> >>>
> >>> schedule a 3-6 hour down time every 3 months or so. We dropped them
> >>> and found another provider. The fact that the e-mail doesn't work a)
> >>> doesn't surprise me. and b) speaks volumes about how good they are.
> >>> YMMV, but here in Durham our experience was less than good.
> >>>
> >>> Dave
> >>>
> >>> James c. Jones wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Good Afternoon,
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone using Time-Warner business class in the Raleigh-Durham area?
> >>>> If so, do you have a representative's name and telephone number.
> >>>>
> >>>> Their email doesn't work. A sad situation for an internet provider.
> >>>>
> >>>> jcj
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >
> > No, but we are on the 'Lite' package and still seem to get the regular
> > ~4.5 Mbps speeds.  Also, I have to say that my TWC service has been
> > great.  No downtime to speak of and no crap.  I wish my upload speeds
> > were better.  I think I get something between 356 and 384.  Could (and
> > has with others) be worse.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
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