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Review by BbrewerG 
UPDATED: 1.5 years ago
member for 5.3 years, 1124 visits, last login: 290 days ago
 New York,New York,NY
 $45 per month
 about 12 days
 "No cable TV requirements, fast download speeds, option to call NYCT support instead of incompetent Time Warner Techs"
 "Weak upload"
 "If DSL or FIOS were available I would drop this in a heartbeat."
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Since DSL wasn't available I started looking into my options with Time Warner. Earthlink gets horrid reviews so I wasn't going to even consider going with them. RoadRunner is a ridiculous $20 /extra per month if you're not a Time Warner cable (TV) subscriber, so NYCT was a no brainer. I called their office and discussed their options and how the service aligned with TimeWarner. Although my ISP is NYCT, the installation/equipment is still done by Time Warner techs who are unreliable and never on time. The installer was 2 hours past the window I was given for the installation. After the installation everything has been rock solid. I don't really use it, but NYCT provides a free IMAP email account.
update: i received a slight speed upgrade which was a good thing. NYCT customers seem to receive the same speed provisioning/upgrades as RoadRunner customers. I usually get around 6000/500kbps.
update (4/7/2008): my node has become extremely saturated and the upload speeds at times are so low that a speed test can't even complete. TWC has sent numerous techs to my apartment and they all claim that there is no problem in my residence and that the node is overloaded and was due for an upgrade months ago. I continued to complain but the upload speeds are still horrible. I placed an order for dry loop DSL last week, so hopefully that works out and I can finally cut my ties with TWC.
Followup comments:  NYC Girl
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join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY
1 edit | Speed What is your speed like, thanks. | |
| | BbrewerG
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join:2004-06-16
New York, NY
 ·New York Connect
| Re: Speed ~6000kbps down
480-500kbps up
do you have nyct or are you considering it? honestly, its the same thing as roadrunner... just without the cheezy crap they offer like free crappy antivirus software or a 30 day trial to realplayer.
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| | | NYC Girl
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join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY | Re: Speed No, just curious, I know it is the same thing as road runner, LOLOL, that's why I don't bother w/it. Advertised speeds for RR are 7/512. I get up to 6925/493 the highest. Speeds are higher in the boroughs for standard service. | |
| | | | BbrewerG
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join:2004-06-16
New York, NY
·New York Connect
| Re: Speed lol. fair enough. i'm not thrilled about NYCT or RoadRunner... i just wish i could get DSL (b/c my walkup will probably never see FIOS... lol).
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| | | | | NYC Girl
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join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY | Re: Speed I am in a walk up as well, so I won't either. Why can't you get DSL? | |
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join:2004-06-16
New York, NY | Re: Speed not sure why... i've tried calling, qualifying address, etc.... all say it's not available. | |
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join:2007-02-04
Bronx, NY | Re: Speed very strange indeed. | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
| said by BbrewerG :lol. fair enough. i'm not thrilled about NYCT or RoadRunner... i just wish i could get DSL (b/c my walkup will probably never see FIOS... lol). I've used top-quality DSL (namely Speakeasy) for many years, I consider NYCT a much faster option with no problems either.
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
| said by NYC Girl :No, just curious, I know it is the same thing as road runner, LOLOL, that's why I don't bother w/it. Advertised speeds for RR are 7/512. I get up to 6925/493 the highest. Speeds are higher in the boroughs for standard service. Strange. I have 10M/512k and I can max out any time (tested with my NSP) and this is the standard tier, for $45/mo, in Brooklyn.
Friend of mine has 12M/768k premium-tier RR in LI and generally speaking has no problems (sans opccasionally changing IP).
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·T-Mobile US
| said by BbrewerG :~6000kbps down 480-500kbps up do you have nyct or are you considering it? honestly, its the same thing as roadrunner... just without the cheezy crap they offer like free crappy antivirus software or a 30 day trial to realplayer. You forgot the most important part: unlike RR NYCT actually ties your IP to your MAC# so it is essentially a fixed IP service.
Besides they maintain their own name servers (work fine here).
Also you don't have to deal with RR CSRs - it's a better thing overall.
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| | | | BbrewerG
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join:2004-06-16
New York, NY | Re: Speed without a doubt.... NYCT support is great. top notch indeed. | |
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rpet
@mindspring.com | is it faster?? I have Earthlink/TWC cable in Brooklyn.. upload speeds are horrible: don't think i've topped 60 Kbps. Unacceptable for working with video.
So is or isn't NY Connect faster?? I'm confused by comments above.
Thanks! | |
| | BbrewerG
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join:2004-06-16
New York, NY
·New York Connect
1 edit | Re: is it faster?? is it faster than what? ..... Earthlink/RoadRunner? or are you asking if VerizonDSL is faster than NYConnnect?
VerizonDSL is pretty solid so far. I love the faster upload speeds.
NYConnect isn't available in Brooklyn (Manhattan only), but it's basically the same as Earthlink and/or RoadRunner speed wise, so if you have crappy service with RR, you're still going to have crappy service if you switched to Earthlink | |
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