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Two years after Time Warner promised upgraded speeds for Rochester, they finally arrive this spring.
After much of upstate has already been upgraded for DOCSIS 3 service, New York’s second largest economic center — Rochester, will finally see speed upgrades for cable broadband service this spring.
Time Warner Cable, which promised Rochester would be among the first cities to see faster speeds if they accepted the company’s Internet Overcharging experiment instead took their upgrades elsewhere (like Watertown) when the community collectively said “no.”
Two years later, the upgrade other cities including Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and New York received last year will finally make its way to the Flower City this spring.
“Time Warner Cable delivers cutting-edge products that speak to the growing needs of both the tech-savvy user and multi-media families who simply want the fastest speeds right now,” said Terence Rafferty, Regional Vice President of Operations for the Northeast communities of Time Warner Cable.
That “right now” part may true as long as you don’t live in Rochester. With anemic (at best) competition from also-ran Frontier Communications, which delivers DSL service that long since forfeited its position in the broadband speed race, Time Warner wasn’t exactly pressed by market conditions to deliver upgrades in a hurry, and they didn’t.
Instead, Verizon service areas where FiOS, the company’s fiber-to-the-home network loomed got the fastest service, without threats of Internet Overcharging schemes hanging over their heads.
As elsewhere, Time Warner will bring two tiers of DOCSIS 3 service: 30/5 service for $20 more than Road Runner’s Standard service (10/1Mbps) or 50/5Mbps service for $99. The “sweet spot” will be 30/5 service, which is just $10 more than Road Runner Turbo customers currently pay.
Rochester and Finger Lakes area customers interested in the service can pre-register and get notified when the service becomes available in your area. A new cable modem is required, but since Rochester area customers do not own their own (the modems are provided free with the service), the swap is a minor inconvenience.
The new cable modems include wireless connectivity, so up to five devices can share your broadband connection without wires.
With Road Runner Standard my speeds average 20/1Mbps (based on Speedtest.net). I’d have a hard time justifying another $20/mo. as I’ve never had a problem even with Netflix streaming to 2 devices and web surfing on a third. I’m a professional video editor so I upload and download large files on a regular basis. Sure I’d like it a little faster, but I can still download a Gig in less than 10 minutes.
Time Warner Cable needs to die!, dry up and stop being a monopoly for cable tv/phone/high speed internet service! The FCC and the state of New York needs to rip this company into smaller pieces and stop this nonsense! First it is the loss or threatening of loss of local tv stations and now they want to charge you outrageous prices for mediocre internet speeds at best! TWC is a JOKE! TWC does not care about you as a consumer. They will LIE about anything…raise your bill regardless and take your money…ROB you blind! Wake up PEOPLE! Send TWC a… Read more »