 Review by guypd 
UPDATED: 45 days ago
member for 1.5 years, 765 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Silver Springs,Wyoming,NY
 $34 per month
 about 4 days
 "Great bandwidth and low latency"
 "They keep talking about starting tiers and caps"
 "Good deal for the price, as long as they don't start the tiers and caps"
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(update)After continuously comparing the bandwidth between my mom's dsl with Frontier and our Road Runner, Road Runner had consistently had three times the bandwidth and less than half of the latency.
(update)Even with the Powerboost added, you can compare large files, that overcome the first 10 MB Powerboost and show you your true speed usually by using a java based speed test.
Seeing the true speed after Powerboost, it is still 3 times faster than Frontiernet.
(update)Time Warner has put their tiers and caps on the back burner, until they "educate the consumer." They have added some tier and cap terminology to their TOS, so it might not be too much longer before they decide to initiate it onto their plans.
(update)Time Warner announced that they are going to be starting caps and charging by a tiered program with overages at $1/GB. If they do start that, then the cable TV will be getting scaled back. If it still too expensive, then we might end up going back to FrontierNet, since they have said they decided to NOT start caps and a tiered program.
(update)Switched back after trying FrontierNet. The technician came out and installed the modem in just a few minutes and we were up.
The speed is three times what we were getting with FrontierNet. It was a mistake to switch over to FrontierNet in the first place. Especially, now that they are talking about adding caps and tiered service plans.
However, when we had called to have Road Runner installed, again, we were NOT given the option for a self-install kit. In our next bill, they attempted to charge us for the install, in which we complained. They removed the charge.
(update)FrontierNet offered us a deal where the first year was free, plus a modem charge and then the second year was $30 plus modem fee, so we switched from Road Runner to FrontierNet.
Mailed us a self-install kit
Switched to Frontier, when they offered us a deal of the first year free and the second year at $30/month.
However, Road Runner is almost three times the speed, so based on speed to price, Road Runner was the better deal. Will probably be coming back to Road Runner, soon.
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