Alex, et. al., I went out and purchased an Arris SURF board SB6183 when TWC notified us we would be getting upgraded to the 50Mbps tier. I recommend you BUY a modem and not rent for 5 dollars a month in perpetuity for one from TWC. My router is an old one in the middle of the house and works pretty well for living room and dining area.
We were told we would be getting 50Mbps service on or before May 5. I was about to go to bed on the 5th and decided to check my speed one more time. I used Speakeasy. Lo and behold I was getting 55+ Mbps at 2355 hours. That is now routine for me on a MacBook Pro. Now that is plugged in, not over WiFi. I have switch and one LAN cable from modem. My iPad Pro on my desk just got 18.68 Download and 5.29 Upload with a 42ms Ping. But my room is in concrete block converted garage at the back of the house. Haven’t check it right by the router. I had flakey bits BEFORE the upgrade for those days I had the new modem on. It was the same time each evening, about 2010 +/- 15 minutes and would last from 15-60 minutes then clear up. I figured the node was just being crushed and I lived with it. Have NOT noticed that since my speed increase. I am waiting for them to upgrade the service at Hacker Hostel. I’ll get a new modem there but I have an airport extreme and don’t expect to need to upgrade that unit. As for trouble shooting, I hear the usual unplug the modem for 30 seconds… and also, take off the cable from the modem for 30 seconds. I have no idea why. Richard D. Meadows Co-Founder & CCO Berndows Enterprise LLC [email protected] 502-593-5830 @HackerHostelLou > On May 11, 2016, at 5:46 PM, Alex Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two weeks ago I received and installed the new TWC modem, and was assured by > the tech support guy that higher speeds have already been rolled out in my > neighborhood. > > The connection on my 2011 MacBook Pro is still flaky and I have to turn wifi > off and back on again several times a day. It doesn't do this on anyone > else's network, only mine, so I suspect the problem is either my router, a > Netgear WGT624 v.3, or TWC's wiring in the house. > > I went to speedtest.com <http://speedtest.com/> to see if the lack of > improvement was just my imagination. > Download speed: 17.51 Mbps. > Upload speed: 9.28 Mbps. > > bandwidthtest.com <http://bandwidthtest.com/> says > Download: 12.00 > Upload: 11.10 > > cnet.com/internet-speed-test <http://cnet.com/internet-speed-test> says > Download: 15.59 > > How do these compare with others who have gotten the new modem? > > How do I troubleshoot the flakiness? > > Thanks, > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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