RR upgrade

[Doug Mohr]

I'll take the wood!

Sorry, I already have several fireplaces and wood burning stoves already in line for it.  Plus a local wood carver is going to take the "pretty pieces" to make art with.

Doug

[sp44again]

Call this Time Warner number (414-687-9387) and ask for Dave. Then ask about a special offer to get RR.

You have to call them back after 6 months to get the $34 rate. Why, I don't know.

Actually you can order it from BestBuy's website under "Services Store".

[mhz40]

They weren't capped until '97 or '98. Uncapped to capped is a reduction.

 Tried that. They don't fix "doesn't work as well as it used to" problems


I was a beta tester for TW's cable modem back in '94-95. I know how the configs work and how the architecture works. As a network architect, I also understand how the infrastructure works. On diagrams, there is no distance related factors affecting speed, but in the physical world with packet collisions, trunk saturation, and daily equipment malfunctions, distance is an issue.

I hope this doesn't sound offensive to anyone, I just haven't had my coffee yet. I can be a grump in the morning. I'm going to go have my coffee now

Doug

I beta tested too... my speeds are the same as they ever were. During the entire time with RR, I went from being a single modem on an upstream path to one of 250. Although I did not test daily or weekly, my occasional test speeds never changed.
I can't discuss specifics, but bandwidths on all pipes across the entire network are logged on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis. Trust me, none are saturated.
Try this link and see what your results are...
If you would like to Doug, PM me the MAC address of your cable modem and I will look into the specific performance characteristics of your link.

[Matt Heebner]

OH YEA BABY....
Just speedtested and 4.89 Mbits down.....

I'm lovin it.


Matt

[Tom Snyder]

Hmm...

2.54 Mbps Down... not as good as yours, Matt... but not bad!

[Matt Heebner]

I didn't get the speed till I unplugged my SB4100, and released and renewed my IP address.

Try and see if that works.....

Matt

[AndrewP]

I am getting today with cable Earthlink

Communications 4.5 megabits per second
Storage 550 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 1.9 seconds

with http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

I am switching to TWC RR for their 34.95/month one year deal.
Hope will keep the speed. It is very noticable improvement.

Andrew

[Bebop]

You have to call them back after 6 months to get the $34 rate. Why, I don't know.".

He called me, I didn't call him.

If that's what it takes to save $100 after 6 months.

[jimbop99]

2.7 Mbps, unplugged modem, plugged in modem, 4.3 Mbps. WOOT!  :eek:

[Doug Mohr]

2.87 Mb down.

MHz40, I'll PM you tonight. Thanks for the offer.

Doug

[Andrew Grall]

According to the RR speed test, I'm at 4.26 MBps...  :cool:

I would consider switching to the RR promotional deal from Earthlink, but I don't want to go through the e-mail change again...

[Bebop]

According to the RR speed test, I'm at 4.26 MBps...  :cool:

I would consider switching to the RR promotional deal from Earthlink, but I don't want to go through the e-mail change again...

I never used any of the email address of my providers. I always have an outside account, so when i do switch, my email addresses stay the same

[Mark Strube]

Whoohoo! Earthlink here.

[StarvingForHDTV]

After I unplugged the power cord to my cable modem and plugged it back in, I'm am now faster.  4.6 is my new speed.  Honestly I thought I was fast enough before, but I won't complain about a free upgrade.

[gb4fan92]

According to the RR speed test, I'm at 4.26 MBps...  :cool:

Do you have a link to this test?
I still haven't seen a boost in speed. I'm only going 1.7 tops!    :bang:  :bang: