dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 I heard road runner is increasing its standard package to 10MB dl 1MB UL at no additional charge to compete with fios they are soon to advertise they are doubling the speed. I think its about time b/c when I increased my speed to the premium package they just changed the settings in the modem and thats it I felt I was already paying for that service being they cannot regulate the signal to my residence only change the locked settings on the modem and was wondering if I bought my own modem could I make these changes and increase my speed being the cost of my digital package jumped from 75.00mo to 160.00mo and need the increase to host games on xbox..............Thanks, Da Wrench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Usually your isp will cap your modem at their end not yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Did you read an article about this? Who did you hear this from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Usually your isp will cap your modem at their end not yours - The brighthouse tech recently advised there was no way to regulate the signal except by changing the configuration in the modem and thats why the modem is locked. He advised the signal is split at the ped close to my residence which also supplies 7 of my neighbors and the isp does not have a straight line in which they could increase the signal. Did you read an article about this? Who did you hear this from? - their parent news company baynews 9 is advertising the speed will double at no additonal charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 this is great news for me and alot of others, im dying for higher upload speed, dl is not bad now but ill take the dl of course, can anyone prove this is true, source if it is ill live till it comes, hopefully soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 okay i called time warner / brighthouse and they confirmed the speeds will increase for regular service to 7mb dl and 1mb ul.... i forgot to ask the date this would change but its good news to me because i am already running 6mb dl but my upload is poor 30 kb 1/2 mb or less.......... so its has been confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Where are you located? Or is the going to be a nationwide upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 i think its nationwide b/c they advised it would be all parent companys of brighthouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 where you live at dawrench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Well I just called up my local office and there are no plans to upgrade . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 brock o1 private message where you live at it first says 10mb, now your saying 7mb? what one do ya mean why dont you call the time warner office in your area and they would be glad to give you all the details right now i have standard service and get 6mb dl and 1/2 mb ul if you look at my post when i called they advised the regular service would increase to 7mb dl and 512kbps = 1mb ul ..........i just spoke with a tech who was working on my neighbors service and he advised there were alot of changes coming and he was not sure exactly what changes were being made but he was going to a meeting today that would advise their staff exactly what was going to change and when.....but im sure the increase will be different according to where u live b/c some areas do not have fiber optics in which my area does thats why i have 6mb dl where most people do not get over 5mb with their standard service but the post was to advise time warner was increasing speeds at no additional charge but u need tocall your local office for specs in your area.............da wrench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 umm why dont you just answer where you live..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 15, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 i live in tampa florida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 as i live in indiana, i hope this is true, that would make me very happy as with the slow uploads, 384kbps are very SLOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomokatsu Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hey, I live in central florida, and can testify to the fact that Road runner is upgrading, in my area, its standard package, at no extra charge. From 5 Mbps down, and 384 Kbps, to 7 Mbps, and 512 Kbps.... They also lowered the price of the premium service of 10 Mbps (upgraded from 8Mbps) to 59.95..... NOTE: These are prices and changes for the central florida area... through bright house networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Maybe it's just a brighthoust thing then, too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomokatsu Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 I forgot to mention, that the change in my area takes place as of March 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 good posts tomokatsu , welcome to the site im calling brighthouse right to see whats up Indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomokatsu Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 Yeah, i've been around the site for a while, just haven't gotten around to posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 sorry just talked to some indian, which means he knows nothing and cant talk english = he doesnt know of any upgrade except one a month ago. LoL what one was that sorry nothing i got was news. or at least relevant or amercain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawrench Posted February 16, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 16, 2006 they said the upgrade would affect all time warner companys including brighthouse on the news.... but the brighthouse website does not advise of any changes yet......but im sure some areas will not offer due to the type of signal they provide..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkadoobius Posted March 22, 2006 CID Share Posted March 22, 2006 dawrench - to put your earlier question to rest, the bandwidth allocated to your modem is conrolled by a bin file that is running on your modem as part of its firmware. the type of bin you have is controlled by the billing system in their office. so essentially if you want to use more bandwidth than most other people, youll have to pay more than most other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoxandrew Posted May 15, 2006 CID Share Posted May 15, 2006 any more news about this i am going to switch back to rr from earthlink and i want to know if they have done any upgrades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted May 15, 2006 CID Share Posted May 15, 2006 yes they have done upgrades, in different areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoxandrew Posted May 15, 2006 CID Share Posted May 15, 2006 like what areas ? indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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