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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by bradfa on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:53PM (#8955294)
To put 'Getting Netflix' into perspective for you, my home connection is 2 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up and I have no issue watching Netflix steams with good enough quality to be enjoyable. We choose to get this slow connection due to the cost ($15/mo) and see no reason to pay for higher tiers of speed from Time Warner.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by rkalla on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:00PM (#8955355)
Really surprising - I would have thought that would be a "total no-go" environment. Thanks for the data point!
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by philsnow on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:37PM (#8956952)
Netflix and YouTube do a decent job of adjusting to the speed your connection is capable of (even if that changes during playback).
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by sliverstorm on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:12PM (#8955460)
I'm sure I don't have access to your specific provider, but what kind of service is that? I've been looking to go cheap, all I really need is decent latency.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by bradfa on Monday February 02, 2015 @12:50PM (#8985492)
I have Time Warner Cable's "Everyday Low Price" package. Hopefully this link will work to show you their standard plans: http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/plans-packages/internet/in...

I'm not sure what you count as decent latency, but I don't believe there's any difference in latency between different TWC internet plans.

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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by bitbckt on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @08:14PM (#8957423)
I find the AppleTV (iTunes) experience particularly irritating, in light of how pleasant Netflix adaptive streaming is over the same connection.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by benwaffle on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @07:54AM (#8959494)
TWC also has upgrades planned under their maxx program. My plan was 20/2 and is now 100/10.
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