Is this right? (Time Warner)

[Private_Ops]

So, just upgraded my cable internet to 15/1 yesterday. Speedtest was pulling about 16/1 all day through late this morning (like 5-6am) when I went to bed. Got up this afternoon.. Jumped on speedtest (I'm still not used to these speeds coming from DSL) and I'm getting on average of 3/1.

But on Timewarners speedtest I get 15/1 and if I start a download on steam it'll pull on average about 1.1 down (1.9 last night, but I understand cable shares bandwidth on the main lines so thats understandable with peak times and all that crap).

Why would speedtest be reporting so low then? I was able to stream 1080p on youtube fine.. now even 720 lags behind.



EDIT: I live in southern ohio, on speedtests.net, If set it on a server in Cincinnati I get my advertised speed but, Columbus or Piketon (about half an hour drive on US23 from here) I only get 3/1).

 

[k1pp3r]

Time Warners speed test is what's called "on network" meaning its on their infrastructure.

Speedtest.net is off network which has to traverse ISP's to get to the servers.

I never really get good tests from speedtest.net the results are not consistent.

 

[JPF_]

Time Warners speed test is what's called "on network" meaning its on their infrastructure.

Speedtest.net is off network which has to traverse ISP's to get to the servers.

I never really get good tests from speedtest.net the results are not consistent.

This.


You should always use the test your provider carries. It's testing from your house to their servers (in which is what you actually pay for).

Speed test, tests from various servers (some are not even DOCSIS 3.0).....so YMMV

 

[goodcooper]

This.


You should always use the test your provider carries. It's testing from your house to their servers (in which is what you actually pay for).

Speed test, tests from various servers (some are not even DOCSIS 3.0).....so YMMV

eh, when i got TWC metroE with a 50/50 connection, they instructed me NOT to use TWC speed tester... i had to use speedtest.net to get a reliable result...

so... ymmv for sure...

to the OP, i would call them

 

[k1pp3r]

eh, when i got TWC metroE with a 50/50 connection, they instructed me NOT to use TWC speed tester... i had to use speedtest.net to get a reliable result...

so... ymmv for sure...

to the OP, i would call them

If TWC doesn't trust their own speedtest site that's not a good sign, lol

I experience different results with different carriers, no two are the same.

 

[dr.stevil]

So, just upgraded my cable internet to 15/1 yesterday. Speedtest was pulling about 16/1 all day through late this morning (like 5-6am) when I went to bed. Got up this afternoon.. Jumped on speedtest (I'm still not used to these speeds coming from DSL) and I'm getting on average of 3/1.

But on Timewarners speedtest I get 15/1 and if I start a download on steam it'll pull on average about 1.1 down (1.9 last night, but I understand cable shares bandwidth on the main lines so thats understandable with peak times and all that crap).

Why would speedtest be reporting so low then? I was able to stream 1080p on youtube fine.. now even 720 lags behind.



EDIT: I live in southern ohio, on speedtests.net, If set it on a server in Cincinnati I get my advertised speed but, Columbus or Piketon (about half an hour drive on US23 from here) I only get 3/1).

I would tent to think it's more of an issue on Speedtests end if you're getting the different results based on which of their servers you're using. Honestly... Speedtest isn't always reliable. Have you tried multiple speed testing websites? Are you seeing the same slow speeds or are they where they should be?

IMHO, the best measure of testing your bandwidth is to download a Linux ISO torrent with lots of seeders

 

[WesM63]

There is nothing wrong with using SpeedTest.net or TWC's speedtest.

If you're getting 3/1 on a specific server on speedtest, try another server on speedtest. (as you did. The server that is lower may have issues of it's own. Saturated bandwidth, connection limits, etc)

As a rule of thumb, You are at the mercy of a specific server on speedtest.net, TWC's bandwidth as well as your own bandwidth. If your speed seems slow, always keep these things in mind and use various sites/servers/tools to test with.