You're right. They just throttle it down. We have the turbo and speedtest 
consistently reports 30Mb down and 5Mb up. 

-p

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On Apr 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Although they claim they don't, TWC throttles bandwidth here in Raleigh
> unless you subscribe to their "Turbo" option. It makes any streaming
> content stutter & stall and almost impossible to watch. Since they have
> an effective unregulated monopoly in this market subscribers have no
> recourse.
> 
> I'm not sure "Turbo" would actually be any faster. I don't see how they
> could do it without replacing the existing cables to the house, which
> they don't do.
> 
> I think all "Turbo" does is bypass whatever filter they use to throttle
> bandwidth for non-Turbo subscribers.
> 
> 
> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>> Plays fine for me on both Optimum (office) and FiOS (home).
>> 
>> Dan
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:26 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
>>>> 
>>>> Teton Gravity Research Aerial Reel - The Bay Area in 4K:
>>>> 
>>>> http://vimeo.com/62831216
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Looks like it would be pretty cool. Unfortunately, Time Warner Cable wants
>>> an additional $40 a month to provide enough bandwidth for it to actually
>>> play.
> 
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