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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:08 PM Feb 2014

Time Warner Cable still in denial, says users might not want faster data speeds

Do home Internet service subscribers want faster data speeds at lower prices? The answer to that question might seem obvious to most people, but many Internet service providers in the U.S. are still not convinced of the directions service speeds and prices should be heading. When they’re not busy concocting painfully and embarrassingly awful anti-cord cutting campaigns, ISPs are hard at work trying to figure out how to strike a perfect balance between providing the quality of service their subscribers want and raking in the kind of revenue growth their shareholders demand. Regardless of how they approach the situation, it seems odd to even question whether or not customers want faster service — but as noted by a pair of recent reports, that’s exactly what Time Warner Cable has just done once again.

A recent report from local news site Louisville news site WDRB.com covered Time Warner Cable’s recent efforts in the region to strike a “balance” in response the local government’s call for vendors to express whether or not they are interested in offering gigabit Internet service in the region.

Time Warner Cable’s response? We’re not so sure people want faster service…

“Not everybody needs that type of capacity that a direct fiber network would provide, and that is what we are trying to balance out,” a Time Warner Cable spokesman told WDRB.com. ”Our commitment is to look at every customer and [to ask], how do we enhance their experience?”

Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/time-warner-cable-still-denial-says-users-might-162008331.html

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Time Warner Cable still in denial, says users might not want faster data speeds (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP
I have Google Fiber. RC Feb 2014 #1
I'm so jealous. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #2
It is fantastic when I upload pictures to my smugmug site. RC Feb 2014 #5
How much? Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #6
I'm in Kansas City Missouri. RC Feb 2014 #8
I'm even more4 jealous...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #10
"We’re not so sure people want faster service" louis-t Feb 2014 #3
They will say anything at all to keep the money flowing into their pockets. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #4
Well Time Warner can go f-themselves. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #7
"enhance their experience" = gouge us out of as much $$ as possible via monopoly nt msongs Feb 2014 #9
 

RC

(25,592 posts)
1. I have Google Fiber.
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:17 PM
Feb 2014

So I don't care what Time Warner thinks.
Time Warner here is advertising the fastest high speed Internet around - 100 megs. Never mind Google here has 1 gIg. I think Google needs to counter Time Warner.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
5. It is fantastic when I upload pictures to my smugmug site.
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:42 PM
Feb 2014

What used to take a half an hour or more, now takes only a few minutes, at most. Zip, zip, zip and done.
Multi megabit programs download as fast as the computer can take it.... Sometimes. There are still lots of places on the Internet limited to a slow 20 or 30 megs max. Not everything out there is fast.
I have several computers networked here and the Google 1 gig router sure has speeded up the transfer of files between computers, over the old 100 meg router. I turned the old router into a switch for the printer and whatever else that can't take advantage of the extra speed. (Frees up 1 gig ports) Without the extra overhead of being a wireless modem and not having to operate a firewall, has speeded things up there too.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
8. I'm in Kansas City Missouri.
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:49 PM
Feb 2014

I think Google Fiber are in KC KS too.
I pay $70 a month. No caps. No limits on down or up loads

louis-t

(23,266 posts)
3. "We’re not so sure people want faster service"
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:24 PM
Feb 2014

Reminds me of the companies that cut portion size because "our customers told us they wanted more con-veeeeenient packaging".

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