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The Hudson Valley region of New York State
Liberty, New York
The Hudson Valley of New York, home to a mix of several cities and rural communities between northern New York City and Albany will see Road Runner speed upgrades from DOCSIS 3 early next spring.
Time Warner Cable continues to expand DOCSIS 3-capable broadband service in areas where Verizon is aggressively moving forward with FiOS fiber to the home broadband service. The company previously announced service upgrades have become available in certain areas of New York City, with an aggressive deployment schedule to expand service to upstate communities of Syracuse, Buffalo, and Albany in the coming months.
The expansion into the Hudson Valley brings expanded speeds into comparatively rural communities between metropolitan New York and the state capital, Albany.
The company expects service, with speeds up to 50Mbps, to begin on March 30, 2010 in these areas:
- Walden – Orange County (population 6, 164)
- Wurtsboro – Sullivan County (population 1,234)
- Rhinebeck – Dutchess County (population 3,077)
- Saugerties – Ulster County (population 19,868)
- Poughkeepsie – Dutchess County (population 29,871)
- Port Ewen – Ulster County (population 3,650)
- Kingston – Ulster County (population 23,456)
- Liberty – Sullivan County (population 9,632)
- Monticello – Sullivan County (population 6,512)
Rochester, with a population of 219,773 is not on the upgrade list.
A new online tool on the New York City Time Warner Cable website allows customers to enter their zip codes and determine when the new speeds will be available in their areas. In the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, more details have emerged:
Borough of Queens
Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood (Available October 30)
Elmhurst, Corona, East Corona, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside (Available November 15)
Borough of Brooklyn
Greenpoint, Brownsville, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Brooklyn Heights, Red Hook, Clinton Hill (Available November 15)
Wonder when Texas will get these speeds. TWC is competing against FiOS in some areas, U-Verse in others and telephone cooperative run fiber in still others. They’re also trading blows with Grande Communications, an overbuilder, though I don’t think Grande has gone beyond DOCSIS 1.1…except in fiber-powered areas where their service offers 15 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up for $60 or so.
Then again, different TWC markets do different things as far as services and pricing go. We’ve had 2 Mbps up for a long time now, for example…
So 50mbps for $100 a month (or more + extra fees and caps)? A person living literally only a town over would have access to 101/15 mbps (uncapped with no extra fees) Optimum Online from Cablevision for the same price.