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Although residents of Rochester will have to wait, other cities in upstate and downstate New York are now getting Time Warner Cable’s Wideband broadband service, which provides faster upstream and downstream speeds thanks to DOCSIS 3 service upgrades.
Time Warner in Buffalo yesterday signed its first Wideband customer, according to Broadband Reports.
The Hudson Valley will be the next:
- Walden Available March 30, 2010
- Wurstsboro Available March 30, 2010
- Rhinebeck/Saugerties Available March 30, 2010
- Poughkeepsie Available March 30, 2010
- Port Ewen/Kingston Available March 30, 2010
- Liberty/Monticello Available March 30, 2010
Time Warner Cable is deploying Wideband first in communities where they face competition from Verizon FiOS or AT&T U-verse. Communities like Rochester, which face only token competition from slower-speed DSL service, are pushed way back on the upgrade list.
Customers in Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse who live near, but not in a FiOS-upgraded community, will also benefit from the DOCSIS 3 upgraded-Wideband service.
Two types of Wideband service are commonly available according to BR:
- 30 Mbps downstream 5 Mbps upstream tier that costs $25 over Time Warner Cable’s standard Road Runner plan (which can vary in price and speed by market depending on competition).
- 50 Mbps downstream 5 Mbps upstream tier for $99 a month.
The I <3 NY image needs to have a hole cut into it to represent communities like Rochester that will miss out on these services.
Atleast communities like Rochester have some form of broadband availiable… I live seven poles from the last Time Warner connection point and they want to charge me $10,000 to run the cable on poles that already exist! Verizon is the local phone company and currently has a CO office in this the Town of Campbell and doesn’t even offer broadband! Cell recepition is spotty at best. So I wouldn’t complain to much that your not getting “your upgrade” when there are some of us still dealing with dial up in New York!!!