Kinda from Chit Chat, but I want the really smart people to chime in. Its from http://www.speedtest.net

So, I'm running Win XP, 2.1 ghz processor with 1 gig RAM (old, I know). I have RR Standard and am on a wired connection straight from my Linksys router. This is what my speed test came up as:



Should I call RoadRunner and be like WTF? Seemed everyone in Chit Chat had 4k download at home...

HELL, I dont even know what RR standard is supposed to average.

2/2/2008 2:58:16 AM

yes. there's something fucked up.

try directly connecting your cable modem to your computer and run the test again.

also, go here: http://192.168.100.1/ and click on Signal Levels (i think that's what it's called, i forget...)

let us know what your SNR and upstream/downstream power levels are.

159ms ping times are unacceptable. you're paying for 5mbps down/384kbps up, and you're not getting anywhere close to that.

give us that info, and we'll tell you what to say to time warner to get them to fix it.

2/2/2008 3:10:42 AM

read the rest of the chit chat thread

2/2/2008 3:14:07 AM

try selecting a different test server...for whatever reason, i ran the test on their "recommended" server from NCSU was getting absolutely abysmal numbers...i changed it to LA or SD or wherever on the west coast and the numbers jumped big time

i tried the next day on their recommended server and it was back to "reasonable" levels

2/2/2008 9:24:03 AM

the lexington, ky server has always given me the best results

2/2/2008 9:47:12 AM

From Evan's post...

Signal to Noise Ratio 35 dB
Power Level -9 dBmV (down)
Power Level 48 dBmV (up)

If I had the slightest of clues what that meant, it would be swell.

2/2/2008 1:05:09 PM

your downstream stuff looks fine...

is this without the router in between? like with just your modem hooked up to your computer?

next step:

start > run > type cmd > click OK

tracert google.com

let us know the results... this will determine where in the routing path that it's slowing down

2/2/2008 5:38:57 PM

2/2/2008 11:31:12 PM

your latency looks fine

2/3/2008 12:43:19 AM

All your internets are belong to bandwidth thieves.

2/3/2008 12:51:33 AM

^++

2/3/2008 1:05:15 AM

Quote :

"tracert google.com"

Can you elaborate on why a tracert to google would identify any throughput or latency issues with a random server in Frederick, MD?

2/3/2008 1:07:44 AM

because i was assuming that the problem was with every site he browses to

not just the speed test

otherwise the speed test would not have ever been done

2/3/2008 1:15:27 AM

The problem ended up being a very region specific one. Not sure why, but servers in GA and IL were extremely difficult to connect to with any real bandwidth for TWC customers in the carolinas last night.

2/3/2008 1:16:54 AM

How does mine look?

(not TWC....Metrocast, southern MD)



I've never bothered with these speed tests before.

2/3/2008 4:19:59 AM

yours looks fine about average maybe a little above

2/3/2008 7:46:44 AM

something is wrong with my cable modem

2/3/2008 4:45:27 PM

not thats right in most cases since the majority of people use youtube rather than bittorrent...

2/3/2008 8:38:47 PM

^^ lol

2/3/2008 11:38:53 PM

i have RR turbo and got similar numbers the other day. running the speakeasy.net tests i get like 7.5 mbps though

2/4/2008 12:13:51 AM

okay, so my parents are finally getting off dial-up and making the (very tiny) step up to EVDO for their computer (they don't have any other options but satellite)

yesterday i hooked it up and then went to http://www.speedtest.net/ to give them an idea of the difference between dial-up and EVDO...oddly, i got results like this (down/up):

dial-up: 48/394
EVDO: 296/192

upload on dial-up being almost 400kbps? i checked out http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ and got nearly the same results, regardless of server (obviously, there were minute differences)

ping numbers were awful, ranging from 130ms to timing out at 999ms...am i missing something?

[Edited on February 4, 2008 at 10:21 AM. Reason : .]

2/4/2008 10:20:36 AM

now wait a minute... i'm sayin "this can't be right" too... but not for the same reason.

since when do I get 17Mbps download from my cable broadband

2/5/2008 11:31:25 PM

^You're complaining?

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 11:33 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2008 11:32:49 PM

^^
July '07

Now

2/6/2008 1:52:53 AM

Quick question... do you live in Dubai? Heard they got their internets cut off.

2/6/2008 4:39:57 AM

suggestions for me?

2/6/2008 10:54:07 AM

I'm on RR lite or atleast that's what i'm being charged for

2/6/2008 11:35:10 AM

WTF?! Road Runner Turbo? By what fucking definition is that 8 mbps?

Quote :

" Tracing route to http://www.facebook.com [69.63.176.140] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 2 10 ms 9 ms 7 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 3 9 ms 7 ms 7 ms srp2-0.rlghncg-rtr2.nc.rr.com [24.25.1.100] 4 8 ms * 9 ms pos1-0.rlghnca-rtr2.nc.rr.com [24.25.20.21] 5 15 ms 13 ms 13 ms ge-2-3-0.chrlncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com [24.93.64.176] 6 215 ms 203 ms 307 ms te-3-4.car1.Charlotte1.Level3.net [4.71.124.5] 7 21 ms 17 ms 17 ms ae-4-4.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.132.162] 8 35 ms 18 ms 20 ms ae-68.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.134.50] 9 46 ms * * ae-7.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.134.21] 10 82 ms 69 ms * ae-3.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.132.77] 11 80 ms 72 ms 71 ms ae-62-62.csw1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.18] 12 85 ms 71 ms 71 ms ae-63-63.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.33] 13 85 ms 82 ms 91 ms ae-2.ebr3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.132.9] 14 83 ms 88 ms 89 ms ae-73-73.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.230] 15 89 ms 102 ms 97 ms ae-72-72.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.213] 16 * 80 ms * ae-4-4.car2.SanFrancisco1.Level3.net [4.69.133.157] 17 * * * Request timed out. 18 * * * Request timed out. 19 * * * Request timed out. 20 * * * Request timed out. 21 * * * Request timed out. 22 * * * Request timed out. 23 * * * Request timed out. 24 * * * Request timed out. 25 * * * Request timed out. 26 * * * Request timed out. 27 * * * Request timed out. 28 * * * Request timed out. 29 * * * Request timed out. 30 * * * Request timed out. Trace complete."

And been getting steadily worse over the last couple days... Yes I've reset the modem (replaced it 2 days ago too.) This doesn't change even if its just one machine connected directly to the cable modem.

2/14/2008 4:46:39 AM

not the beastly speeds id hope for $50 a month but then again i tested thru my wireless connection.

[Edited on February 18, 2008 at 8:07 AM. Reason : .]

2/18/2008 8:06:13 AM