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[[Category:Business]]{{seed}}[[Time-Warner Cable]] is a division of Time-Warner, Inc. and provides cable television and (broadband) internet service in a number of areas in the United States.
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[[Category:Businesses]]{{seed}}[[Time-Warner Cable]] is a division of Time-Warner, Inc. and provides cable television and (broadband) internet service in a number of areas in the United States.
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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===Reference===
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* {{wikipedia|Time Warner Cable}}
 
* [http://twcnc.com/ Time-Warner Cable North Carolina]: {{townlink|Raleigh|NC}} / {{townlink|Durham|NC}} / {{townlink|Fayetteville|NC}}
 
* [http://twcnc.com/ Time-Warner Cable North Carolina]: {{townlink|Raleigh|NC}} / {{townlink|Durham|NC}} / {{townlink|Fayetteville|NC}}
 
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===News===
==Reference==
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* '''2007-06-07''' [http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18468495 TW Officially Announces Packet Shaping] (see: [[wikipedia:Traffic shaping]])
* {{wikipedia|Time Warner Cable}}
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** discussion: [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/10/0645232&from=rss slashdot]
 
==Reviews==
 
==Reviews==
 
===Woozle===
 
===Woozle===
* I sent them a webmail about some annoying billing problems I ran into: [[Htwiki:2005-12-06 Webmail to Time-Warner Cable|2005-12-06 Webmail to Time-Warner Cable]]
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* [[2007-10-24 webmail to twcnc.com]] about the internet being kind of slow and patchy, which it has been increasingly since the beginning of the summer.
* We use TWC solely for broadband internet. The service was a bit rough at first, but has improved to the point where we have not been disconnected for many months (with the exception of a series of [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service attack|DoS]] attacks in November which required resetting the cable modem in order to reconnect).
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** '''2007-11-14 update''': It suddenly improved dramatically at 9:45 this morning. Everything is working fine now. Too bad we'd already ordered [[Speakeasy]] [[DSL]]... but then about an hour and a half later, it [[:Image:2007-11-14_1424_Localhost.localdomain-ping_24_136_238_1-day.png|went back to "normal"]].
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* I sent them a webmail about some annoying billing problems I ran into: [[Htwiki:2005-12-06 Webmail to Time-Warner Cable|2005-12-06 Webmail to Time-Warner Cable]].
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* We use TWC solely for broadband internet (not TV). The service was a bit rough at first, but has improved to the point where we have not been disconnected for many months (with the exception of a series of [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service attack|DoS]] attacks in November 2006 (?) which required resetting the cable modem in order to reconnect, and of course the 2007 problem above.
 
* When running into technical issues, do not use the Live Chat; this connects you to Someone With A Script. Calling the local number seems to get much better results; when the DoS attacks started, I was immediately connected to someone who had the ability to monitor connections. He told me to reset the modem, and we were back online in about 2 minutes.
 
* When running into technical issues, do not use the Live Chat; this connects you to Someone With A Script. Calling the local number seems to get much better results; when the DoS attacks started, I was immediately connected to someone who had the ability to monitor connections. He told me to reset the modem, and we were back online in about 2 minutes.

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Time-Warner Cable is a division of Time-Warner, Inc. and provides cable television and (broadband) internet service in a number of areas in the United States.

Links

Reference

News

Reviews

Woozle

  • 2007-10-24 webmail to twcnc.com about the internet being kind of slow and patchy, which it has been increasingly since the beginning of the summer.
    • 2007-11-14 update: It suddenly improved dramatically at 9:45 this morning. Everything is working fine now. Too bad we'd already ordered Speakeasy DSL... but then about an hour and a half later, it went back to "normal".
  • I sent them a webmail about some annoying billing problems I ran into: 2005-12-06 Webmail to Time-Warner Cable.
  • We use TWC solely for broadband internet (not TV). The service was a bit rough at first, but has improved to the point where we have not been disconnected for many months (with the exception of a series of DoS attacks in November 2006 (?) which required resetting the cable modem in order to reconnect, and of course the 2007 problem above.
  • When running into technical issues, do not use the Live Chat; this connects you to Someone With A Script. Calling the local number seems to get much better results; when the DoS attacks started, I was immediately connected to someone who had the ability to monitor connections. He told me to reset the modem, and we were back online in about 2 minutes.