Road Runner Speeds

[leprechaunshawn]

Has anybody used Speedtest.net lately to test their internet speeds??  I did one this morning and got 11.92 mbps down and .49 mbps up.  Last I heard I should only be getting around 7 mbps down.  Has TWC been upgrading their system again?

[WITI6fan]

The extra might be "powerboost" in action.

[Gregg Lengling]

[brewtownska]

Wow, I'm never one to check the speeds, but saw the post and decided to try.



I'm not even on RR Turbo, just regular RR.

[Bebop]

Don't tell them..  But, I do have turbo and still the same.

[Talos4]

Not Bad

[SRW1000]

No real increase for me:



Maybe the outlying communities haven't gotten the service improvements yet.

Scott

[EmuZombie]

I don't have RR Turbo...

However, from the "offical" WI RR speed test site  http://speedtest.wi.rr.com I get

File size transferred : 14.75 MB (15468724 bytes)
Total time taken      : 21.15 seconds (21154 milliseconds)
Throughput            : 731.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
                      = 0.73 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
                      = 5848.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
                      = 5.85 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

but with speedtest.net



Makes me wonder if speedtest.net is accurate or if TWC is allowing speedtest.net to bypass the speed cap to create the illusion of higher speeds.

[markd]

[techguy1975]

Not bad here...




I did get a test result above 10, I believe it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 11mb down about a week or two ago...  I do not have powerboost or RR Turbo

[duncantuna]

I've also seen 27-30meg download speeds, usually during the day time when the kids aren't around downloading their nightly porn.

But generally speaking, you usually really see speeds in the 7 meg range in real life.  Those 20+ numbers are flim flam magic.

[OlsonNet]

I've been getting 30/1 consistently the last few months.

As for actual usage, I've seen downloads in the ~20Mbps range from quality sources.

[Bebop]

Those speed tests are unreliable even since RR offered Powerboost. The test file is very small and powerboost screws the average in the first few seconds.

[mhz40]

What's going on with your upload speeds in WI?
I'm getting this on my laptop via wi-fi in the basement

[Jack 1000]

I am confused,

Do you have to pay extra (Road Runner Turbo) at about $10/month to get the Power Boost?

I get about 8mps download.  No real change for me.  Actually, tested again and its about 9.

This is just standard Road Runner.