raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
So since Google Fiber has given the bird to 2/3 of my 'hood and only gonna run service to 1/3 of it, (Wake/Durham county line splits like that) looks like I gotta work with TWC to upgrade my interwebz.
Here's my current speed
Thinking about upgrading to the 300Mbps package. Does anyone on here have it? If so, do you "lease" the modem from TWC or did you get your own? If you got your own, whatcha got and how happy with it are you?
I'm currently paying $59.99 for the service I have now, upgrading to 300 will cost me an extra $30 (with modem, $40).
holla 11/3/2016 8:37:13 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
I have the 300 mbps package.
Here's my middle-of-the-night speed test.
I use their modem. It's an Arris DG1670. I have it bridged. I use an ASUS RT-N66U router. This was a hardwired speed test obviously. 11/4/2016 1:53:50 AM |
beatsunc All American 10748 Posts user info edit post |
i have same speed as OP from TWC cost is $35/month for first year then $45 second year.
just buy a modem and router off amazon or something. will pay for itself in a year in less than year 11/4/2016 7:18:07 AM |
saturnine Veteran 385 Posts user info edit post |
I've got the 200/20 package. Didn't go for the 300 because the upload is still 20.
11/4/2016 9:29:22 PM |
wwwebsurfer All American 10217 Posts user info edit post |
I pay for 300/20
Also I would foam at the mouth to 10ms pings. I can't get it under 30ms to my office 6 miles from home.
11/4/2016 10:39:02 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
You have connection problems. 11/5/2016 12:42:49 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
So darkone and saturnine,
would you say its worth the $$? 11/6/2016 6:15:46 PM |
Sweden All American 12295 Posts user info edit post |
I had 200 down and got similar to wwwebsurfer, dropped to 100 recently and now get routinely over 100. I hate TWC so fucking much.
[Edited on November 6, 2016 at 9:55 PM. Reason : foo] 11/6/2016 9:55:12 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
^^ It depends on what you do. My wife's company subsidizes our internet since she works from home. As such, we got the plan that had the highest upload speeds. That plan became the 300/20 plan. As I understand it, the 200 mbps plan also has 20 mbps uploads.
The higher upload speed is nice to have for working remotely. As for the 300 mbps download speed, it's a luxury that I rarely take advantage of. I do most my my high-bandwidth work from campus. It's nice to have when I need it. There are surprisingly few places that will push data to you at 300 mbps. If it was still the days of Napster and Scour, I'd be in heaven. 11/6/2016 11:54:54 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
That's pretty much my reasoning for upgrading my interwebz. There will be times where I work from home so having that upgraded upload speed will be great, though not as good as campus.
also, I think the ps4 might like that download speed too.
but damn man, its TWC ya know. really hate giving them more $texas. 11/8/2016 5:39:18 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
I must be an outlier. I'd like them to be cheaper, but my experience with TWC has been pretty good. My service is consistent and it stays up. I've found their customer service to be on par with most other companies. 11/8/2016 6:35:36 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
so I signed up for the 300 plan. This is what I have now.
not really any change in the upload. (I'm also using their equipment) 11/26/2016 5:14:40 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
not getting those awesome upload speeds. Wonder wtf is up with that.
11/29/2016 8:46:11 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
What's your modem? 11/30/2016 12:07:49 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
Technicolor TC87151D. Its the modem they gave me.
This is my most recent test (done just a bit ago)
[Edited on December 1, 2016 at 7:59 PM. Reason : decided to not ghost this time. ] 12/1/2016 7:54:04 PM |
LimpyNuts All American 16859 Posts user info edit post |
Here are hourly speed tests for the last 8 months straight (almost 6,000 speed tests): http://pastebin.com/pYCCYXbr
I have had to reboot my router a few times during that period, lost power once, and lost internet service for short periods of time here and there. I pay for 200 Mbps service in the Wilmington market. At least 90% of the time I get >90% of the advertised rate.
Before TWC upgraded to DOCSIS 3 in my area, I used to chastise them constantly because the service would drop below 20% of the advertised speed every single day from about 6pm until around midnight. Since the upgrade, it has been far more reliable (better than I ever had before from TWC or AT&T DSL). My service is $79.99/month and I bought my own cable modem. Buy a modem and router, don't rent one. The ones they provide are crap.
AT&T is currently installing fiber in my neighborhood for gigabit service. I may be switching in the near future unless I can convince TWC to cut their rate substantially. As I understand, AT&T charges $70/month in some places and $110 in others for gigabit.
[Edited on December 3, 2016 at 6:35 PM. Reason : ] 12/3/2016 6:34:16 PM |
GrimReap3r All American 2732 Posts user info edit post |
I'm having ATT out tomorrow to run gigabit to my house. They dug up the neighborhood about 6 months ago. Is there anything I need to look/ask for in particular? 12/4/2016 5:36:29 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
Do you know what to expect with the installation? Particularly with the wiring inside your house? 12/5/2016 11:04:20 AM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ That modem is rated for more speed that TWC will allow. Poor upstream signal quality maybe? 12/5/2016 6:59:16 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
^ how to test for that? My house is new (3 years old) and the cable running from the igloo outside is that age also. whole street is new, oldest house is maybe 5 years. 12/5/2016 7:19:22 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
^ My modem (a different model from yours) has a diagnostic pages that reports signal levels by channel. Try 192.168.100.1 or whatever the gateway IP address is.
Ask google what ranges the numbers should be in. You can check the log page too. 12/6/2016 1:14:43 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
good call, will do tomorrow. 12/7/2016 9:29:17 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
current speed
diagnostics from modem
Downstream | Channel Bonding Value |
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Index | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Lock Status | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked |
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Frequency | 555 MHz | 561 MHz | 567 MHz | 573 MHz | 579 MHz | 585 MHz | 591 MHz | 597 MHz | 603 MHz | 609 MHz | 615 MHz | 621 MHz | 627 MHz | 633 MHz | 639 MHz | 645 MHz |
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SNR | 40.0 dB | 39.8 dB | 39.9 dB | 40.1 dB | 40.2 dB | 40.3 dB | 40.2 dB | 40.1 dB | 39.5 dB | 40.0 dB | 40.0 dB | 39.8 dB | 39.8 dB | 39.2 dB | 39.0 dB | 38.0 dB |
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Power | 12.8 dBmV | 12.6 dBmV | 12.0 dBmV | 12.0 dBmV | 12.1 dBmV | 13.0 dBmV | 13.1 dBmV | 12.9 dBmV | 12.5 dBmV | 13.1 dBmV | 12.6 dBmV | 12.1 dBmV | 11.6 dBmV | 11.0 dBmV | 10.6 dBmV | 10.1 dBmV |
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Modulation | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM | 256 QAM |
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Upstream | Channel Bonding Value |
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Index | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Lock Status | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked |
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Frequency | 24.2 MHz | 19.4 MHz | 30.6 MHz | 37.0 MHz |
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Symbol Rate | 5120 Ksym/sec | 2560 Ksym/sec | 5120 Ksym/sec | 2560 Ksym/sec |
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Power Level | 29.3 dBmV | 30.0 dBmV | 29.5 dBmV | 30.5 dBmV |
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Modulation | ATDMA | TDMA | ATDMA | ATDMA |
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Channel ID | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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CM Error Codewords | |
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Unerrored Codewords | 1204957686 | 1203944913 | 1203945567 | 1203943675 | 1203944039 | 1203944883 | 1203945042 | 1203944435 | 1203943844 | 1203944235 | 1203944949 | 1203943664 | 1203943557 | 1203943667 | 1203942680 | 1203942598 |
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Correctable Codewords | 9026 | 8853 | 8202 | 10114 | 9777 | 8775 | 8627 | 9247 | 9866 | 9497 | 8800 | 10017 | 10039 | 9868 | 10788 | 10811 |
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Uncorrectable Codewords | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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[Edited on January 7, 2017 at 3:34 PM. Reason : dmx]1/7/2017 3:28:24 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
I had speed asymmetry that looked like that in my building on campus. It turned out to be a problem with the fiber. 1/9/2017 12:49:08 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
any recommendations for a router / wifi combo (or separates I guess) for TWC? 1/9/2017 3:35:34 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
getting a little better I guess.
4/7/2017 8:28:55 AM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
^ AFAIK, that's as fast as residential TWC gets. 4/7/2017 11:34:12 AM |
thenate99 All American 1636 Posts user info edit post |
Just noticed......a $10.00 bump in price by spectrum......PLEASE GOOGLE FIBER COME TO MY AREA!!!! 4/11/2017 8:42:49 AM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
tested again. This is what I'm getting. not too shabby.
5/10/2017 6:33:12 PM |
BJCaudill21 Not an alcoholic 8015 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "any recommendations for a router / wifi combo (or separates I guess) for TWC?" |
+1
I think it's time to get something better, I've never gotten more than about 20mbps, although I only pay for 100. Preferably something that can handle multiple computers/phones/fire sticks/smart tvs at the same time and over the whole house.5/23/2017 12:55:51 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
Look for a tri-band router. Also remember that older wireless-g devices aren't going to be able to do much better than 20 mbps in a typical setting. 5/24/2017 12:50:20 PM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
I'm on a webex right now, but here's my speed on my desktop pc (using ethernet to twc modem)
However, on 11/22 I'll have google fiber! I'm looking forward to seeing the speed difference.
One thing I am noticing though currently, is that the speed on my cell phone (and my wife's phone) is noticeably slower on wifi than my laptop (or our tablets). Not sure what that's all about. I have an andriod and she has an iphone. 11/18/2017 10:51:38 AM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
funny enough though, this is what the speedtest app says:
on 5Ghz wifi:
on 4G:
maybe our phones are just shitty. 11/18/2017 11:08:14 AM |
raiden All American 10505 Posts user info edit post |
TWC:
Google Fiber:
awww yeah!! 11/22/2017 11:59:36 AM |