G+_Mike Lawrence Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I'd be asking TWC where was this before? http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/04/google-fiber-plans-expansion-then-twc-makes-speeds-six-times-faster/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Ummm.... I'm not defending TWC, but this story is complete bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Randy Hudson and why is that exactly? It's already been proved the cable companies colude to raise prices and prevention competing against each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 It is false Mark Stronge because TWC has been rolling out this free speed upgrade for quite a long time now. An infrastructure upgrade of this scale simply takes time to complete and it is probably only coincidental that Google happens to be announcing a rollout of their fiber service in the same area at this time. I do not live in an area serviced by Google Fiber yet TWC did upgrade my Internet speed to 300 Mbps at no additional charge more than a year ago.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Coincidence, yeah, OK. That infrastructure upgrade requires nothing more than a switch, there are already hundreds of instances where competition appears and everyone gets an upgrade.? Contact the original writer for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Everyone enjoys a good conspiracy theory Mark Stronge. I know I do. But seriously if you know anything at all about network infrastructure you'd know there is a lot more involved than just flipping a switch.? For one thing only about 1% of existing cables modems are even capable of achieving these kind of speeds. ? Nearly all existing modems need to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Really? your lack of understanding of the way cable companies have been operating is like you have blinkers on. The cable companies admitted it in a press statement that they prevented competition. Read the original comments from the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I'm not really interested in the politics of the issue, just the facts. Fact 1) TWC has been going forward with this roll out for at least 2 years that I am personally aware of. It is not in response to Google Fiber coming to any particular market as the article suggests. Fact 2) It is not a simple matter of TWC just flipping a switch. The currently deployed hardware infrastructure simply does not support the technology. If must be replaced as part of the upgrade. This takes time and money, thus the upgrade is being rolled out in stages. You of course are free to believe whatever media spin you desire Mark Stronge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 So your speed upgrade, did you require any different hardware? Neither did the cable company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yes Mark Stronge I had to replace both my Cable Modem and my Router.? My modem because I had a DOCSIS 3.0 8X2 modem but the upgrade requires a DOCSIS 3.0 16X4 modem. My Router because my previous router only had 100 Mbps ports on the WAN side. Clearly you can't pass 300 Mbps of data thought a 100 Mbps pipe.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matthew Zier-Vogel Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I wish I could get 50mbs for $65 a month. I only get 25mbs here in Canada for that price. No one even offers anything close to 300mbs (at least not in the west coast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nathanael Westbrook (Na Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 We don't need net neutrality we need the removal of state and municipal monopoly rules that don't allow companies to come in and compete or share the poles or right aways. I would even say Re-break up the Ma Bell's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Nathanael Westbrook that's what net neutrality rules gives, is it not? Sharing the poles is part of it, afaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nathanael Westbrook (Na Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Not from what I heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nathanael Westbrook (Na Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Net neutrality is not about allowing new ISP'S to come into your town or city and to compete and lower the cost of your service it's about allowing content to come through your current ISP unrestricted. You can do the same thing without all the FCC regulations by giving the ISPs more competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nathanael Westbrook (Na Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Right now if you don't like what your ISP gives you art doesn't give you they can hold you with blackmail by saying we're not going to give you internet service or not going to provide access to our customers. In a lot of places in America the choice between ISP is slim to one or two prociders you have nowhere else to go for inexpensive Internet. Which means they can throttle you are throttle the provider of content and you can't go anywhere else provide competition is the answer all more regulation will do its increase costs to everyone and the cost of complying with federal rules is more lawyers more fees and you are the one who ultimately pays for it not the lawyers and not the Corporation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Nathanael Westbrook I would agree with your first point, most people have nowhere else to go but the only solution is through regulation and having the power to provide competition. The scare mongering that the big cable companies have implemented has obviously worked on you... I don't know of any technology writer that actually believes a word the cable companies say anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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