Computer help... networking to be exact.

[Whitethunder46]

Yea, I currently have wireless in my house with my parents. We have the supplied Time Warner Cable box, and then a wireless router.

When I move into an apt., I just want an all in one modem more than likely.


Here's some new questions. Hopefully most of you will see this so I don't post a new thread.

Through the apartment, they offer hi-speed internet (cable) and BASIC Cable. Total of this is $72.
I was on Time Warner's site trying to figure out what they charge. I realized they offer a basic, and a STANDARD cable. And then of course their digital cable.
I figured the basic cable was the standard, but I guess not.

Does anyone know what Time Warner charges for standard cable???? (I'm assuming the apartment complex did not mean this.) I'm going to contact them and see if I can't get a list of what channels is in their basic line up.

[Stittville Ed]

Just call the 800 number to see if you can get a answer.
You might get a better price if you supply the all in one but I think I asked and they told me no but that may have changed.

You need digital, how else would you get Speed Vision
If you live in Indy I think it comes with the Basic :-)))

[Whitethunder46]

Well found out some more today. The basic cable package that the apartments offer is only $32 a month and is 59 channels. So I'm going to go this way and then also get hi-speed cable through them for $40 a month.

Thanks for those who helped.

[noname5]

Do you know what the speed is on the cable, whether data trasnfer is unlimited, and reliability in your area?

Thing with cable is, it can be good or it can be spotty. If you're in an area where the cable company doesn't do that great of a job, you may want to look into DSL or other alternatives.

The good news is, with cable, you're usually not locked into a contract so if you don't like it you can jump ship relatively easily.

[dengood1]

Do you know what the speed is on the cable, whether data trasnfer is unlimited, and reliability in your area?

Thing with cable is, it can be good or it can be spotty. If you're in an area where the cable company doesn't do that great of a job, you may want to look into DSL or other alternatives.

The good news is, with cable, you're usually not locked into a contract so if you don't like it you can jump ship relatively easily.

I have Roadrunner at 6mbps, but with a few speed tweaks you can bump it up. If I download something it downloads at 600+ kilobytes per second!

Your Speed is: 1192.3 Kbps

I just ran this speed test which anyone can. To test your internet speed, go to this site:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

[dengood1]

Download Bandwidth Test Results for my rr connection:

Download speed: 4907 kilobits per second

Test details: 3200 kilobytes downloaded in 5.218 seconds.
Receive buffer size: Not available

http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/BwDownTest.asp

[turbos17]

PCPitStop is awesome! I use it every so often to check up on things!

Description Your Results Bandwidth Down 5321 Kbits/sec
Bandwidth Up 379 Kbits/sec
Average Ping 50 ms

Download speed: 5334 kilobits per second

Test details: 4864 kilobytes downloaded in 7.296 seconds.
Receive buffer size: default size

Upload speed: 378 kilobits per second

[noname5]

I have Roadrunner at 6mbps, but with a few speed tweaks you can bump it up. If I download something it downloads at 600+ kilobytes per second!

Your Speed is: 1192.3 Kbps

I just ran this speed test which anyone can. To test your internet speed, go to this site:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

Oh ok, that's good . Actually, you'd be surprised at the speeds you can get... sometimes, you can get pretty nice burst speeds, and with servers you can actually get sustained rates above your speed cap! Although I believe my download is set at 7mbps, I can regularly download at 850 and get even get bursts of 1.5 MBps. It's pretty cool when that happens