wtf.

Road Runner - 9/25/2005

2005-09-25 19:26:09 EST: 4343 / 353
Your download speed : 4447572 bps, or 4343 kbps.
A 542.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 362197 bps, or 353 kbps.

Road Runner Premium - 10/16/2005

2005-10-16 01:10:59 EST: 4863 / 474
Your download speed : 4980308 bps, or 4863 kbps.
A 607.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 485451 bps, or 474 kbps.

10/16/2005 1:17:36 AM

Were you expecting more?

10/16/2005 1:35:16 AM

reset your modem

10/16/2005 1:36:33 AM

i have the rr that gets 5mbps, is that RR medium?

10/16/2005 1:59:51 AM

i get 5mbps on average for download....and i pay 29.99/month

10/16/2005 2:51:06 AM

how you do you pay only 29.99 a month?

10/16/2005 2:55:52 AM

aren't 6 month specials great

10/16/2005 2:59:15 AM

Premium is suposed to give you 8000/512

the regular RR is 5000/3 something.

10/16/2005 4:46:09 PM

premium speeds arent guaranteed, just like regular rr

10/16/2005 10:29:06 PM

yeah,

but considering regular rr is as fast as advertised...

10/17/2005 10:48:08 AM

did you upgrade the service? it's quite possible that you need to get a different modem from them as i had to do when they bumped the speed. i'm 100% sure they would never go through the effort of telling you you need different hardware.

10/17/2005 11:55:47 AM

I can't imagine you'd need a new cable modem.. from what I understand they can pull up to 30-40 mbps... maybe more? Sounds to me like something's not gone through correctly or you just have too many people on your pipe to get that kind of speed... or road runner just sucks

10/17/2005 12:08:21 PM

well they have certain firmwares for certain hardware, so it is possible that he has a modem that there isn't a firmware update for... (they come down the pipe)

probably should call them and complain.

[Edited on October 17, 2005 at 12:15 PM. Reason : *]

10/17/2005 12:15:26 PM

without disrespect, why do you need RoadRunner Premium? Is that extra 3MB of incoming bandwidth going to make a difference for what you do on the internet?

10/17/2005 12:47:47 PM

yeah, but pretty much not for anything legal

10/17/2005 1:41:38 PM

5mbps =~ 1.5 terabytes/month, 8mbps =~2.5terabytes/month... unless you regularly back your NAS up over VPN, I can't see any (legal and not in violation of ToS) need for the bandwidth of either plan :p

10/18/2005 3:38:03 AM