TWC increases internet speed...grattis. (Raleigh, Durham: college, pricing, verizon FIOS)

[h2ohzrd]

Just got this e-mail from my friends at TWC:

"To thank you for being a Time Warner Cable customer, we want you to have a better Internet experience on all your devices. That's why we're making your current Standard Internet download speed up to 50% faster."
Going from 10/1 to 15/1 Mbps.

Woohoo! Gotta hold onto my hat Or did my Modem fee pay for this

[5thElement]

Thanks for the heads up! I'm with Earthlink and can confirm the bump in DL speed as well. The UL speed remains at 1MBps:

[h2ohzrd]

The e-mail said to unplug your modem for 10 seconds, plug it back in then reboot your computer...and like magic, we're jetting through the interweb.

[aldamon]

Originally Posted by h2ohzrd

Or did my Modem fee pay for this

No modem fee on Earthlink. Same speed bump.

[RDUBiker]

Too bad Earthlink doesn't offer the 30/5 service. Of course no speed bump there, and much higher pricing. Maybe its time I threaten to drop down a level or two.

[Love to travel]

I never thought I'd see "Time Warner Cable" and "gratis" in the same sentence

(but I digress)

[CHTransplant]

I learned in college econ 101 that there's no such thing as a free speed increase.

[Taynxtlvl]

Exactly this is just paying us back for that $3.99 across the board upcharge for the supposed general modem upgrades back in October? We weren't born yesterday.

[Bpobill]

I didn't want to start a new thread, but are the options for internet in Raleigh? TWC and ATT? I was hoping for Verizon fios when I moved, but it doesn't look like that's happening. 15/1 is a decent speed. I think it's what I get with WOW in Michigan.

[Taynxtlvl]

We have been hoping and wishing for FiOS for years. It hands down runs circles around the others and for as technologically savvy a place as Raleigh/Durham is you would think we would have all the latest and greatest. Sadly we do not.