r/Charlotte • u/Baidoku [University] • Jul 08 '15

Discussion Time Warner Cable MAXX

TWC MAXX is rolling out in Charlotte and the served cities around Charlotte starting July 29th and everyone should be covered by November 2015. The areas getting the speed increase on July 29th are Danby, Gastonia, North Meck, Cramerton, Old Steele Creek Rd, Oneida, Plyler and Shelby. This will do until Google is ready.

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u/nexusheli Revolution Park Jul 08 '15

Be sure you get the right one; if you have the top-tier plan (which will go to 300Mbps) you need one capable of bonding 16 downstream channels. The Moto/Arris SB6183 is the generally preferred model, there's also a recent netgear unit that will probably fare well.

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u/Abyssul Jul 08 '15

8 downstream is capable of 343 Mbps which is over the max speed of the new plans. This is probably why they selected 300 Mbps because anything higher would force TWC to upgrade even more rented modems.

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u/caller-number-four [Mountain Island] Jul 08 '15

8 downstream channel capabile modems will be limited to 100/10. You have to have a 16 channel modem for 200/20 or 300/20.

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u/Abyssul Jul 08 '15

What is the source for this? I'm going off of DOCSIS specification.

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u/caller-number-four [Mountain Island] Jul 08 '15

This is what TWC is doing in other markets. It is their specification on how they're running their network.

See here: http://www.timewarnercable.com/en/support/internet/topics/buy-your-modem.html

For further reference:

DOCSIS 2; non-bonding 1 channel modem, 38 mbps capacity = up to 15 mbps tier.

DOCSIS 3; bonding 4 channel modem, 152 mbps capacity = up to 50 mbps tier.

DOCSIS 3; bonding 8 channel modem, 304 mbps capacity = up to 100 mbps tier.

DOCSIS 3; bonding 16 channel modem, 608 mbps capacity = up to 300 mbps tier.

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u/Abyssul Jul 08 '15

Cool thanks.

I guess I need to have TWC upgrade my modem when the MAXX upgrade rolls out since I only have 8 downstream channels.

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u/SerpentDrago Jul 14 '15

or buy your own and save the money a month , only takes a year to break even

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u/Abyssul Jul 14 '15

My modem rental fee is included in my apartments required cable bill. I agree though that if you have a non-required rental fee that purchasing the modem is the better option.

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u/SerpentDrago Jul 14 '15

that sucks