Time Warner says there is no demand for residential gigabit Internet

Personally... Download speeds of 1GB would be cool but I barely make use of the 10mb that I currently have. The one thing I would like to see improved would be the upload speed. I'm not interested in torrents or "sharing" my media/data to the world but would love the increased upload speeds to better stream our personal media library to our devices (phones/tablets).

1Gbit? Pfft, give us some decent 10-20mbit coverage and I'm good.

When I first saw Rogers had 100mbit I was excited... until I saw the download cap was the same as the 10mbit option (250GB/mo). Not sure if that's how it is still being executed, but if it is, I don't want it.

*update*
Just looked and they have a 150mbit option with, you guessed it, 250GB/mo for $122cdn/mo. :|

What are you complaining about? That's what we pay for dial up.

Yes, because getting 50-down/10-up for over $100/mth is completely worth it...makes sense.

Okay, I demand 1 gigabit service. I also want the prices google does.

So now there is a "Demand" get to it bitches.

I would like a Gigabit service.

Maybe Time Warner just didn't ask enough people.

Thanks for the suggestion. Virgin 4G is over the Sprint/Clearwire WiMax network in my area. I tried that about a year and a half ago; the 3G service was faster than the 4G, so I returned the USB modem for a full refund. WiMax coverage has not changed since then in my area. If I mounted an antenna outside my house, I might get better reception, however, to me, it is not worth the effort at this time. If it were not for this, I would be on their service now. At this point, my only hope is Sprint's upcoming 4G LTE - which has not yet rolled out in my area.

"Residential customers reportedly have shown little interest in their top tier Internet package."

And there's a reason for that. It's horribly overpriced. 100 Mbps from TWC will cost you what, $100 a month? $150? Compare that to Google's ISP offering, where you can get 1,000 Mbps for $70.

Wow! They failed the 101 business big time! It's not because of lacking interest. It's because of the price! They have no idea how much Netflix, Youtube and other movie stream have taken up the Internet traffic? Did they take a look at how many people have jumped to Google Fiber quickly? Simple, it's because of price again and speed too.

DSL blows always has.

And what is the hassle of switching to Cable? you just plug in the modem and go.

@cmb
Youre right!! But im betting the people they asked were from their own board of directors. "Hey guys, do you think we should spend some of our money and give consumers gigabit speeds?" Answer: "Screw them I need a new mansion!!"

I'm on Rogers extreme plus which is 45/4 with 150GB cap for $74.99* Have it running in bridge mode to my Dlink router and its great. I have multiple pc's in the house and quite a few wireless devices the increased upload and downloaded was felt right away from my previous 10/1 connection.



*I talked the rep into giving me a 55% discount off internet for the next two years so I'm paying less than the quoted amount above.

And here I thought Time Warner being the only cable company in town was the reason for the barely double-digit Mbps speeds they provide. Guess I'll starting "wanting" more from now on.

I'm all for faster internet... In my area they (charter communications) offers a 100Mbps connection (which I have and is awesome) but within a few years if the bandwidth from ISPs continues to increase as it has over the last decade we will need faster NICs... Why is 10Gbps networking not common place? 1Gbps has been the standard for a decade and its time to upgrade that or none of this is going to mean anything unless you have an enterprise class 10+Gb fiber switch on your desk.

In other news...there is also no demand for Time Warner.

We are Time-Warner and you are getting sleepy....plus there's no competition so we will tell you what you want or don't want. Now get outa here you crazy person, go on....get.

Typical morons.. lets NOT do a damn thing until we think it's needed.. and then whine and cry about their network being congested etc etc..

"Build it and they will come"

You're not the only one.. but here in Canada we are even more shafted

Well browsing the internet barely uses my 15mb/s... it goes as fast on my friends 5mb/s internet. Barely anyone even has 50 down, or even 100 down... there is just no need

Online video streaming is where 1Gbit internet would really help. Currently I think netflix tops out at 6mb. They have also posted their numbers showing the average American can only download at 3mb on there service. If that avarge was much higher I am sure netflix would offered higher bitrate videos(maybe for a extra fee). Max blueray bitrate is somewhere around 30mb. How awesome would it be to stream full blue-ray movies in at max bitrate to two TVs in your house at the same time. That would use about 60 mb plus some overhead. Which still leaves you with a ton of bandwidth. Other people in the house could be online gaming with no interruption, watching youtube, downloading the latest game on steam without disrupting other peoples internet.

Maybe the need is somewhere around 100 - 200 mb internet right now but if more people had 1gbit internet I am sure good services would come along that would take advantage of it.