The biggest problem I have in Austin is the internet at home. At first I had such a hard time trying to get AT&T DSL to work, and eventually gave up. Then time warner cable internet seems to be working fine for a while, but then suddenly one day I end up with minimal throughput.Especially streaming video content and non-image binary downloads! I complained a couple of times, and it returned its speed for a while, but then again, I have no traffic what so ever for specific types of media as well as over all speed.
Currently I have around 18% packet loss, 60 kbps throughput and this is unbearable. If you go to http://www.youtube.com/my_speed#, you can see your recent traffic history. According to the net, they have max download cap. WTH!
I hate to complain online, but I think I will just have to live without internet until I find a better solution. (Well I'll tether my phone which will give me at least 1Mbps in emergency.)
P.S. I am not alone:
- http://www.sagelewis.com/2010/11/13/i-think-time-warner-cable-is-throttling-and-shaping-my-bandwidth/
- http://www.satelliteguys.us/time-warner-cable-forum/201609-twc-throttling-youtube.html
