Take Two

I have griped incessantly about the lousy service from Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner in the past but, in a startling change of position, let me give it up for them.  A month or so ago, I switch from regular Road Runner to Road Runner Turbo.  It has been heaven. 

Regular Road Runner was apparently coming out of Cincinnati (per Broadband Speed Test) and, while I was supposed to get 3-5 Mb out of the wall, I would routinely bog down at 1 Mb or less. Note- I’m aware that the dial-up users who read this are playing the smallest violin in the world right now but hey, I pay for the high speed I’d like to have it.

After much carping, I took Time Warner up on their offer to switch to RR Turbo.  It is glorious!  We get 10-15 Mb out of the wall (routinely it’s in the neighborhood of 10-12 Mb) which is great as we have four computers plus IPTV yanking down a ton of bandwidth.  No problem at all.  I ran a speed test today and rather than Cincinnati, my internet was originating from Toledo.  It also was at 12.3 Mb. 

So here are your props Time Warner- you’ve earned them.

There is a good article in today’s New York Times about what is termed a “secular sabbath”.  In it, the author attempts to take one day per week and completely unplug (no phone, cell phone, computer, iPod, television, etc). and has problems with it.  I imagine I would too.

On long weekend holiday’s I often make the attempt at unplugging but on a weekly basis I think I might go into withdrawal.  No computer or Blackberry- pass the Methadone.  Maybe I should try to work this into my routine but this week doesn’t work for me.  Come to think of it, next week doesn’t look good either.