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This advice is not applicable to folks in apartments, but I would just note that if you ever have electrical or other work done and have a good excuse to fish cabling in your walls, wiring your home for LAN connectivity (CAT5e/6) sufficient to support gigabit-plus network speeds is a great investment in your structure.
With a gig-E switch in the basement, I know I'm all set for AT&T/Google and probably for 10-15 years+. Not sure what I'll do when 10 Gb speeds come but of course, we'll need the applications for that ahead of justifying rewiring.
Whoo hooo, My late 2006 built home has cat-5e through out the house, even garage. the previous owner might have been fond of wired rules!
However, the unmanaged switches in the "distribution box" in the garage I think aren't gigabit capable. But cheap to replace if I choose too.
They've had some real issues the last 2-3 days so it could be that, unless it's going back a while. There have been a decent number of people that the upgrade screwed things up for them or allowed problems previously there to show up, so call TWC about it.
They've had some real issues the last 2-3 days so it could be that, unless it's going back a while. There have been a decent number of people that the upgrade screwed things up for them or allowed problems previously there to show up, so call TWC about it.
I hate calling TWC's tech support because the people in the Philipines are under the mistaken impression that my service caps out at 50 Mbps.
Making matters worse is the fact that my TWC "upgraded service" has been unstable and suffers from relatively high pings.
Often times smaller communities can leap-frog larger ones as it's easier to implement new technology. This even goes for 3rd world countries. Instead of them using older technology they are adapting and basically skipping the stuff we have implemented over the past 10-20 years and going to the stuff that hasn't gained broad adaption yet, like LED bulbs.
I just looked at my mom's TWC bill and they have her down for "Extreme Internet". She's supposed to have "Standard Internet". I know she didn't do it because she doesn't know anything about how broadband works so she just says "no thank you" and hangs up on them when they call. Has anyone else seen TWC randomly change their package level without permission?
I just looked at my mom's TWC bill and they have her down for "Extreme Internet". She's supposed to have "Standard Internet". I know she didn't do it because she doesn't know anything about how broadband works so she just says "no thank you" and hangs up on them when they call. Has anyone else seen TWC randomly change their package level without permission?
They may have just changed the name of the tiers since they upped speeds. I haven't actually looked at my bill cinch the change last month to see what it's called. Just saw the rate was the same. Has her bill amount gone up any?
Either way, if she doesn't want or need the higher speeds, it's a good opportunity to cut back down to something closer to what she had before for less money.
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They will still charge me $10 more to gain 1M.
