Time Warner’s Internet hits 50 Mbps … but only in New York
September 25th, 2009, 2:54 pm · 9 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
Noted: Time Warner Cable began offering 50 Mbps downstream Internet speeds to New Yorkers on Thursday. Upload speeds are 5 Mbps. Dubbed Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet, the service targets business users but a residential option is available for $99.95/month. That includes 5 Mbps upstream.
According to MultiChannel News, the service for business users is more expensive: $298/month for the 50 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up; and $200/month for 20 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up.
This week’s launch was in Manhattan. The company’s entire New York area will get the speeds by Spring 2010. New York is the same region that Verizon has made a huge push for its FiOS Internet service. FiOS is still faster though, with the speediest plan offered at 50 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up for about $150.
No one has had any luck getting the cable provider to say what lucky city is next. A spokesman told MultiChannel News that Time Warner “expects to roll it out to additional markets in early 2010.”
Time Warner is using Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.0 technology, which requires an equipment upgrade.
In Orange County, Time Warner’s fastest Internet speed is 15 Mbps downstream, 1 Mbps up. I, personally, am a customer and manage to see almost 2 Mbps upstream speeds most of the time.
Recent Time Warner News:
Reader Comments
Comments are encouraged, but you must follow our User Agreement.- Keep it civil and stay on topic.
- No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs or personal attacks.
- People who harass others or joke about tragedies will be blocked.
- By posting your comment, you agree to allow Orange County Register Communications, Inc. the right to republish your name and comment in additional Register publications without any notification or payment.
9 Comments
-
ADVERTISEMENT
-
Things to do
-
To view local listings CLICK
HERE
Or visit your TV provider: * Cox Cable * Time Warner Cable * DirecTV * Dish Network * AT&T U-verse * Verizon FiOS *
Watch a show online HERE. Get TV/mobile help on Twitter
-
-
The North Orange County Computer Club answers your tech questions. Visit the PC Club page and the Stump archives.Recent Q&As:
>>Click HERE for more PC Club answers 
More O.C. Tech News- Privlo Raises $2.1M For Private Mortgage Marketplace May 17, 2013
- Mindspeed Adds Board Member May 17, 2013
- Airware Gets $10.7M From Google, Andreessen For Unmanned Drone Technology May 15, 2013
- Kofax Selected By Mortgage Finance Firm CashCall May 15, 2013
- MediaShift Snags Clear Channel Media Vet As CFO May 15, 2013
- Google Celebrates Atari Anniversary With Breakout Game May 15, 2013
- uParts Gets $2M To Revolutionize Auto Parts Business May 10, 2013
- Boingo Expands Wi-Fi Network In China May 8, 2013
- Ceradyne settles helicopter armor claim May 27, 2010
- O.C. firm wins $12.4 million from Yahoo February 3, 2010
-
ADVERTISEMENT
Here's a list of TV/mobile companies helping consumers one tweet at a time. 
Wow! Love that speed. Wish we had something like that here in Bellevue Nebraska. Maybe the folks in Orange County CA will be lucky enough to get the super high speed access?
I hate Time Warner.
Verizon Fios baby. 23mbps and 5 up. Get a WD Velociraptor for your C: drive and your in business.
Why would you spend > 200 dollars on a 300 GB drive when you can buy two 1.5 TB drives for the same price? I picked up a 1.5 TB drive for 105 before tax at Fry’s last week. The increased speed doesn’t really help for download purposes (even the slowest hard drives can read/write 10 times faster than the maximum speed FIOS offers).
I hate their digital cable service, and customer service, but love the internet. I would never pay 100/mo. for internet though. That’s just a bit excessive..
That is fast it is to bad they have poor service and a lousy billing department.
Actually, the fastest non-FiOS downstream speed in OC is 18Mbps with AT&T U-Verse. You couldn’t dream of getting this kind of bandwidth unless you’re super-close to a VRAD and shun their TV service- or if you had FiOS.
I have time Warner cable modem but I have to restart my modem every other day. This is frustrating. Time warner came out and replace the modem and it still have to be restart again every other day. Does any one know how to fix this cause time Warner doesn’t.
toss it