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Staff Report Updated 9:12 AM Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Time Warner Cable, Southwest Ohio Division has announced the launch of PowerBoost, a new technology allowing Road Runner Standard customers to temporarily experience double the current Internet download speeds.

PowerBoost is a new enhancement that gives bursts of speeds, up to 19Mbps for Road Runner Turbo, when downloading files or gaming at no additional cost. It is a change to the cable modem configuration file that allows customers additional speed when downstream bandwidth is available, according to a news release.

PowerBoost is built into Road Runner Standard and Turbo services; there’s no extra charge for the extra speed and it activates automatically when bandwidth is available, the company said.

“At Time Warner Cable we are always working on new technological advances and product enhancements to bring the best services and value to our customers, and PowerBoost is just another example,” said Vin Zachariah, regional vice president of operations for Time Warner’s, Southwest Ohio Division.

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So when will roadrunner increase the upload speed? 768K for turbo is so slow! Go across the river into northern KY and their standard rate service gives you 1MB. Get with the times TWC!!!

Chris
8:29 AM, 9/8/2009

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I have a dish and the channels pixelate all the time, it is part of the digital revolution so I have been told. Bring back the analog signals I say! They only went out when there was a bad storm.

Phil
1:27 PM, 7/2/2009

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i wish they could fix the pixelation on the hd channels.

george
12:17 PM, 7/2/2009

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Your right sassy I don't trust TW any more,got their 2 yr locked in rate LOL for tv,internet,phone and they raised their rate $10 a month more.on the 13th month of the 2yr contract,wasn't told about this going in.and not to mention the channels they drop without any notice to their customers

BB
11:06 AM, 7/2/2009

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It's a gimmick, TWC doesn't give away anything. Likely just a preview of a service they want to sell while charging existing customers. I dropped the cable part of their service and put up a cheap antenna from radio shack. Reception is superior to cable, I get over twenty channels free. If I install another antenna I could get as many as 60. Those of you who drop cable you will likely have to enlist the help of the Ohio Attorney Generals office to make TWC stop billing.

Jerryme
8:52 AM, 7/2/2009

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