1 edit | [TWC] Milwaukee - Did we just get a speed upgrade? I have just now noticed with Road Runner Extreme, I am getting 15 Mbps / 1 Mbps.
Did Time Warner just upgrade the Milwaukee division? I am in Kenosha.
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 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | »[TWC] Milwaukee upgrade on biz class? |
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in Waukesha standard service i'm now getting 7 Mbps / 512Kbps
a couple weeks ago it was 5/365(or whatever the upload was) |
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TheAfu
join:2001-08-02
Milwaukee, WI | reply to 45612019
I think it's upgraded as well my upload is way higher than 60KB it's around double now. My download wasn't so fast but I need to change registry settings for more than the 8Mb settings it's at. |
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I got the new upgrade also!  It really makes a difference..
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they must be taking from the ownsboro,ky area, lately
i'm so slow sometime's that i can't even run a speed
test. |
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pxwoo
join:2004-09-14
Racine, WI | reply to 45612019
Extreme in Racine
Only took forever and a day! |
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Yep looks like the upgrade is here
URL=http://www.speedtest.net]  [/URL] |
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| I'm with Poud. I've got residential, and just did a bunch of speed testing last night (and wrote a review of RR complaining of slow U/L speeds recently)...
Was: 5 Megs down, 360k up
Now: 7 Megs down, ~500k up
I'm pretty excited about the jump in UL speed, as RR was just getting killed on this compared to FIOS or even the DSL crowd...
...maybe I have to compliment them and edit my review...
Cheers!!!! |
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| File size transferred : 29.5 MB (30937448 bytes)
Total time taken : 16.97 seconds (16969 milliseconds)
Throughput : 1823.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 1.82 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 14584.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 14.58 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]
This is with SE WI Turbo/Premium speeds.
Its putting a rather high load on my 170mhz router...55% CPU in use when tossing this much traffic....
heh.
-JD |
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Speed test to Atlanta | | 
Speed test to Chicago | |
However, I'm not seeing the new download, and I know why. I have a 6+ year router that I know I need to replace. This is the only router I have ever had, going back to when I lived in Zion, IL and using AT&T's @home service.
Link is here if you are interested in seeing some old hardware.
»kbserver.netgear.com/products/rp114.asp
But, I am seeing the new upload speed, and that is great news. Once I get a newer router, I'll be very happy!
Thank you Time Warner / Road Runner.
--Brian
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E-Mail: bplencnerCancer@wi.rr.com
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Folic
join:2004-10-03
Milwaukee, WI | reply to 45612019
How much more exactly is RR Turbo/Extreme or whatever it's called, and would the speeds be 15/1? |
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 wdh280ATT Dsl Elite.
join:2001-10-13
Middletown, OH | Depends on where u live,the cinci ohio area it's only 9.00 more... |
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Folic
join:2004-10-03
Milwaukee, WI | lol well we are talking about WI in this thread |
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They had a promotion going on when I signed up in July - standard service was $30/month for 12 months, and turbo was $40/month for 12 months.
Whatever you're paying now, if you want to sign up for their Turbo service, it will be $10 more a month. I think it's worth it.
Here are the new speeds for Time Warner's Milwaukee division:
Standard: 7 Mbps / 512 Kbps
Turbo: 15 Mbps / 1 Mbps
Turbo is actually just a little more than twice as fast, for $10 more. |
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 vsj624
join:2004-03-20
Kenosha, WI |  |
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What is this "Extreme" that people are talking about? Is there a class above "Turbo" in the Milwaukee area?
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| Turbo or extreme are one in the same.
15MB/1MB for $10 more per month ($39 total) now.
-JD |
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bbgrunt0
join:2006-01-27
South Milwaukee, WI | reply to 45612019
You sure did. "Standard" users are 7Mbps down / 512kbps up now! and 15Mbps/1Mbps for turbo folks. (I didn't even have to reboot my modem).
Watch for new marketing strategies. The "lite" 768kbps RR is going to be promoted more as a cheaper option, and a moderate speed 2Mbps tier will be part of some bundles. Those are the "hooks", then you "upgrade" in smaller increments. (Website not yet updated).
A little "response to competition" from AT&T  |
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bbgrunt0
join:2006-01-27
South Milwaukee, WI | Oh BTW - for Milwaukee users, an on-network speedtest:
speedtest.wi.rr.com
Simple Java based thing - in case the big Internet sites can't keep up with the faster tiers! |
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