I'm also using TW and I agree it depends on your neighborhood. I just moved and my previous neighborhoods were both really residential areas. I'm now close to a bunch of businesses and my speed is MUCH less than it was. I was getting 20+ mbps but now get around 5 mbsp during the day and higher speeds at night. When I did get less than 2 mbps TW came out and did some repairs, weather changes seems to be the baine of TW speeds.
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Short <[email protected]> wrote: > I get 30 Mbps down through TW Cable's premium road runner server up in > Cedar Park. It really depends on your provider *and* your > neighborhood. I get slower speeds at night when the entire > neighborhood is streaming movies, but I get super fast speeds during > the day when no one is home. > > Dan > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I visit coffeehouses, restaurants, and co-working places around > > town, I measure much higher Internet speed than I get at home. > > > > At home I get between 1 Mbps and 1.7 Mbps. This has been true for > > several years as I have used TW Cable, Clear, and now AT&T DSL. > > > > In places with public WiFi, though, I get at least 2.5 Mbps, and > > sometimes over 7. This is when there are other people in the building > > using the same WiFi network. > > > > My question is: how can I get these higher rates on home internet > > service? Do these establishments get them because they tell the ISPs > > they are businesses and I tell them I am a residence? > > > > The ISPs don't seem to offer different levels of service. When I > > recently signed up for AT&T DSL, I was given the choice of three > > speeds: Basic, Express, and Pro. They had different downstream speeds > > of "up to". They were all the same price. I chose the supposedly > > fastest one, of course, with downstream speed of "up to 3.0 Mbps". > > But there is no promise that the downstream speed will be that high. > > It is "up to" that high. > > > > I can't really go to AT&T and say "you aren't as fast as you > > promised", because they don't really promise anything. I think Clear > > was the same way. > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
