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Old 01-10-2018, 04:29 PM
 
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Has anyone made the switch from the "Legacy" TWC 200/20 service to the new middle-tier Spectrum 400/20 without a cost increase? I'm currently paying $60 or $65/mo for it and don't want to increase my bill.
This will increase to $80/mo once your promotional period expires. Once this happens, you will have to cancel your account and create a new one with spectrum under a different household member's name in order to qualify for the promotional rates:

200/10: 44.99
400/20: 69.99
940/35: 104.99
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:38 AM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC
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I've got Ting in Holly Springs. 79.99 for Gig up/down (940mb up and down).

Spectrum's pricing is RIDICULOUS.
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Old 01-11-2018, 07:01 AM
 
Location: NC
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This will increase to $80/mo once your promotional period expires. Once this happens, you will have to cancel your account and create a new one with spectrum under a different household member's name in order to qualify for the promotional rates:

200/10: 44.99
400/20: 69.99
940/35: 104.99
I was on a promo rate a while back and it was only $50 or $55. They keep raising it by $5ish here and there, so I'm not sure if I'm still considered to be on a promo rate or not.

Also, rant mode on for a second: why are their upload speeds so atrociously slow? Gigabit services typically offer much higher uploads. 35MBps is pretty lame.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:06 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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Did anyone else's 200Mb drop back down to 100Mb?
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Just checked and yes, ours is 100 now. It was 200 a day or two ago.
Mine never increased from 100. I guess my area wasn't covered?
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC
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I've got Ting in Holly Springs. 79.99 for Gig up/down (940mb up and down).

Spectrum's pricing is RIDICULOUS.

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Old 01-11-2018, 06:24 PM
 
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Ting is awesome....period. I have their phone service and have a lot of respect for them as a company. I wish they'd bring their fiber to Cary, I'd pay a few extra bucks just to give them the business.
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:34 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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Pricing is obscene but hey, it's the fastest option available for those not lucky enough to be blessed with Google Fiber or AT&T Gigapower.<>
Please explain something to be. Spectrum is now advertising their speed as "200 megaBits" Presumably "per second". Do they really mean megabits or is that just some sloppy copy writer in marketing who should be writing 200 megabytes? Or do they in-fact mean 25 megabytes?? Isn't there a difference???
"What speed is it really?
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:36 PM
 
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Please explain something to be. Spectrum is now advertising their speed as "200 megaBits" Presumably "per second". Do they really mean megabits or is that just some sloppy copy writer in marketing who should be writing 200 megabytes? Or do they in-fact mean 25 megabytes?? Isn't there a difference???
"What speed is it really?
It's 200 Megabits. 25 Megabytes.

Internet speeds are always in Megabits (or Gigabits).
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Old 01-12-2018, 07:57 AM
 
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Please explain something to be. Spectrum is now advertising their speed as "200 megaBits" Presumably "per second". Do they really mean megabits or is that just some sloppy copy writer in marketing who should be writing 200 megabytes? Or do they in-fact mean 25 megabytes?? Isn't there a difference???
"What speed is it really?
1 byte = 8 bits. A bit is just a binary 1 or a 0. So a "byte" looks something like this (again, it's binary): 10110101

Typically speed is measured in bits/second.

kilo = 1000
mega = 1000 kilos
giga = 1000 mega
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Old 01-12-2018, 10:23 AM
 
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Storage capacity is measured in bytes while transmission rates are traditionally measured in bits per second.
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