maartena
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join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Upload Increase Rumors.....
I got this Message from someone yesterday:
"I wanted to let you know that you will very soon be getting 512kbps upload with Road Runner. When I paid my bill yesterday, the local office confirmed this and said we should have it for a Christmas present."
That would be nice, would it not? I have asked TWC about it, but have not gotten a reply yet.
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928GTS
join:2000-10-09
Troy, NY | This would be sweet indeed. This should really set RR apart from other ISP's.
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panth1
The Coyote
join:2000-12-11
Boca Raton, FL
| reply to maartena
That would be nice but Bright House would go "huh what is this speed increase you be talking about."
Then we do a dance and go around in circles. :P
Lets just hope the systems don't start bogging down even more.
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drake
drizzy
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join:2002-06-10
Brooklyn, NY | reply to maartena
Pretty nice for Time Warner RR Users, but I feel bad for Brighthouse RR users, Brighthouse seems to take their sweet time with deploying speeds.
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maartena
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Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
|  reply to maartena
Yeah... IF this turns out te be true, the Brighthouse customers will probably get zilch again.... 
I could use a little more upload though!  I haven't got a response yet from my local TWC office.
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MEsnake
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join:2003-09-19
Clifton, NJ |  There is no rumors is true! I am happy and thank you Super Grover for letting us know that by Christmas the upload increase begins. Oh and if you want to read about it go here: »Goodness of Their Hearts |
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| I'm the person that maartena quoted. I'm in Hawaii and we tend to get TW things before most other areas so all I know is that when I went to pay my RR bill the local office workers told me it was definite that we are getting this increase and that they hoped the Hawaii RR network would have it by Christmas. That doesn't mean New York or other areas will get it then and my office wasn't absolutely positive it would be by Christmas anyhow, but they think so. It won't be done all at once here as it might crash the network to reboot all modems simultaneously so they will boot the modems in groups over a period of several days. I hope all RR franchises getit as a Christmas present as that would be a very nice present!
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Konaguy
Live From Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Kailua Kona, HI
 ·Hawaiian Telcom
| I see no positive point to increasing the upload from 384K
to 512K. All I see is negatives pretty much. Considering
the envirnoment we are in regards to P2P/filesharing they
should reduce the upload, not increase it.
On top of it we cannot host servers on a residential RR
account.Sure there is some folks who update their websites
hosted on 3rd party webservers, or have other legitimate
purpose for uploading stuff whom would benefit from this
upgrade.But largely its negatives outweight the positives.
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grasshopper
join:2003-04-07
Port Byron, NY | Better upload speed is a benefit to on-line gamers. If you host a server for a group, play quality is better. |
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niccolus
Niccolus Leader Of Midgets
Premium
join:2003-10-22
Long Beach, CA | reply to maartena
Warning! Road Runner was supoenaed by the RIAA for names and they have given names. I got my first call about it this week so beware. |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
·EarthLink
·AT&T Midwest
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to grasshopper
said by grasshopper  :
Better upload speed is a benefit to on-line gamers. If you host a server for a group, play quality is better.
Wrong. Better latency is what games want/need. Faster upload speeds do NOT assure better latency. In fact, it may bring the opposite if people actually use this increased upload and it places extra burden on routers and other equipment. When they get overloaded, latency increases, and gamers (everyone, in fact) suffer.
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maartena
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Orange, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Mele20
said by Mele20 :
I'm the person that maartena quoted.
And thank you for that, Mele20.... I left you a PM but got impatient hahaha  Mele20 is indeed my source!
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Aphrixtechno
join:2001-03-13
Saint Petersburg, FL | reply to Hall
You are correct. Latency in your connection is all it is about for on-line games. Furthermore, a higher upload usually generates a better latency. |
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IcyFire
Flammable Ice
join:2001-05-30
Somewhere
| reply to Konaguy
said by Konaguy :
I see no positive point to increasing the upload from 384K
to 512K. All I see is negatives pretty much. Considering
the envirnoment we are in regards to P2P/filesharing they
should reduce the upload, not increase it.
On top of it we cannot host servers on a residential RR
account.Sure there is some folks who update their websites
hosted on 3rd party webservers, or have other legitimate
purpose for uploading stuff whom would benefit from this
upgrade.But largely its negatives outweight the positives.
There's always dial-up if you don't like more speed, As for my self, I could use it as I collaborate with a team for game add-ons, and there is a alot of transferring of content. I really fail to see what speeds have to do with the legality of p2p/file-sharing apps, I Don't care, TW don't care, and probably the majority of this forum don't care, with the exception of a few |
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Konaguy
Live From Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Kailua Kona, HI
·Hawaiian Telcom
| said by IcyFire :
There's always dial-up if you don't like more speed, As for my self, I could use it as I collaborate with a team for game add-ons, and there is a alot of transferring of content. I really fail to see what speeds have to do with the legality of p2p/file-sharing apps, I Don't care, TW don't care, and probably the majority of this forum don't care, with the exception of a few
There is a direct conection between possibly increasing
the upload speed and P2P apps.Unless you have been living
in a cave for the last 6 months there has been a lot of legal activity in regards to people illegally sharing copyrighted material on P2P. With this possible upload
increase, now its potentially more easier for P2P users
to share [Questionable] files.
I can see the connection here and it boggles my mind why you
fail to see the connection. Why would I go back to dialup..
I fail to see your point.
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nycnetwork
join:2000-11-12
Brooklyn, NY
| reply to maartena
So you say in order to stop piracy, the isp should never give more upload to its customers?
Gooood Gaaame! |
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Konaguy
Live From Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Kailua Kona, HI
·Hawaiian Telcom
| said by nycnetwork :
So you say in order to stop piracy, the isp should never give more upload to its customers?
Gooood Gaaame!
Yes that is what I'm saying.Frankly they should reduce
upload to 128K in my honest opinion, not increase it to
512K. But who cares what my opinion is frankly.
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IcyFire
Flammable Ice
join:2001-05-30
Somewhere
| reply to Konaguy
quote:
There is a direct conection between possibly increasing
the upload speed and P2P apps.Unless you have been living
in a cave for the last 6 months there has been a lot of legal activity in regards to people illegally sharing copyrighted material on P2P. With this possible upload
increase, now its potentially more easier for P2P users
to share "Questionable" files.
I can see the connection here and it boggles my mind why you
fail to see the connection. Why would I go back to dialup..
I fail to see your point.
No, I haven't been in a cave, I assure you this, But you seem to be insinuating that the new speed will only be used for "questionable" content, Thing is, Anyone in the know dumped Kazaa and similar p2p apps and went underground as leaches, So your point about the negative effects of the speed seems moot, at best. I guess I'm trying to say, is Technology moves on, weather it's used for illegal or not. It does everyone Good, the "pirates" are happy ( as well as paying customers to the ISP) and the "legitimate" use users are Happy, So what do you see negative about it? bear in mind this is about RR giving more bang for the buck, Not about pirates, If You like paying more for less, hey more power to you |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| reply to Konaguy
said by Konaguy :
said by nycnetwork :
So you say in order to stop piracy, the isp should never give more upload to its customers?
Gooood Gaaame!
Yes that is what I'm saying.Frankly they should reduce
upload to 128K in my honest opinion, not increase it to
512K. But who cares what my opinion is frankly.
you are correct that we dont' care about your opinion and we dont' see getting music for free as piracy |
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Konaguy
Live From Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Kailua Kona, HI
·Hawaiian Telcom
| said by ylen131 :
you are correct that we dont' care about your opinion and we dont' see getting music for free as piracy
You may want to paruse the No Electronic Theft Act
»www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrim···8red.htm
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